Work drives time evolution

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2018.04.028MaRDI QIDQ1647985zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors David Edward Bruschi

Publication date 27 June 2018

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05450

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: We propose the idea that time evolution of quantum systems is driven by work. The formalism presented here falls within the scope of a recently proposed theory of gravitating quantum matter where extractible work, and not energy, is responsible for gravitation. Our main assumption is that extractible work, and not the Hamiltonian, dictates dynamics. We find that expectation values of meaningful quantities, such as the occupation number, deviate from those predicted by standard quantum mechanics. The scope, applications and validity of this proposal are also discussed.

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