A generalized quantum theory

DOI10.1007/S10701-014-9838-5zbMATH Open1304.81009arXiv1402.0159OpenAlexW2087522142MaRDI QIDQ481815FDOQ481815

Gerd Niestegge

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In quantum mechanics, the selfadjoint Hilbert space operators play a triple role as observables, generators of the dynamical groups and statistical operators defining the mixed states. One might expect that this is typical of Hilbert space quantum mechanics, but it is not. The same triple role occurs for the elements of a certain ordered Banach space in a much more general theory based upon quantum logics and a conditional probability calculus (which is a quantum logical model of the Lueders-von Neumann measurement process). It is shown how positive groups, automorphism groups, Lie algebras and statistical operators emerge from one major postulate - the non-existence of third-order interference (third-order interference and its impossibility in quantum mechanics were discovered by R. Sorkin in 1994). This again underlines the power of the combination of the conditional probability calculus with the postulate that there is no third-order interference. In two earlier papers, its impact on contextuality and nonlocality had already been revealed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0159

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zbMATH Keywords

operator algebrasfoundations of quantum mechanicsLie algebrasdynamical groupspositive groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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