Quantum particles from coarse grained classical probabilities in phase space
Quantum Physics
2015-05-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Quantum particles can be obtained from a classical probability distribution in phase space by a suitable coarse graining, whereby simultaneous classical information about position and momentum can be lost. For a suitable time evolution of the classical probabilities and choice of observables all features of a quantum particle in a potential follow from classical statistics. This includes interference, tunneling and the uncertainty relation.
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@article{arxiv.1003.3351,
title = {Quantum particles from coarse grained classical probabilities in phase space},
author = {C. Wetterich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3351},
year = {2015}
}
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19 pages