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Time as a Dynamical Variable

Quantum Physics 2011-04-26 v3

Abstract

There are enough reasons for us to consider time as a dynamical variable or operator; but according to Pauli's argument the existence of a self-adjoint time operator is incompatible with the semi-boundedness of Hamiltonian spectrum. In this article, we study the expressions of time operator and the definitions of mean time from a general and new viewpoint, make a new comment on Pauli's objections, and clarify some possible confusion in existing theories of time in quantum mechanics. From which we try to provide a new gateway for the conundrum of time in quantum mechanics and reconstruct a unified foundation for some issues of time.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0311188,
  title  = {Time as a Dynamical Variable},
  author = {Z. Y. Wang and B. Chen and C. D. Xiong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0311188},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to an alternative submit (arXiv:quant-ph/0609211)