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To quantum mechanics through random fluctuations at the Planck time scale

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

We show that (in contrast to a rather common opinion) QM is not a complete theory. This is a statistical approximation of classical statistical mechanics on the {\it infinite dimensional phase space.} Such an approximation is based on the asymptotic expansion of classical statistical averages with respect to a small parameter α.\alpha. Therefore statistical predictions of QM are only approximative and a better precision of measurements would induce deviations of experimental averages from quantum mechanical ones. In this note we present a natural physical interpretation of α\alpha as the time scaling parameter (between quantum and prequantum times). By considering the Planck time tPt_P as the unit of the prequantum time scale we couple our prequantum model with studies on the structure of space-time on the Planck scale performed in general relativity, string theory and cosmology. In our model the Planck time tPt_P is not at all the {\it "ultimate limit to our laws of physics"} (in the sense of laws of classical physics). We study random (Gaussian) infinite-dimensional fluctuations for prequantum times stPs\leq t_P and show that quantum mechanical averages can be considered as an approximative description of such fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0604011,
  title  = {To quantum mechanics through random fluctuations at the Planck time scale},
  author = {Andrei Khrennikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0604011},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Discussion on the possibility to go beyond QM