On conservation laws in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1921529118zbMATH Open1485.81005arXiv1609.05041OpenAlexW3083177949WikidataQ104609817 ScholiaQ104609817MaRDI QIDQ5073249FDOQ5073249

Authors: Y. Aharonov, Sandu Popescu, Daniel Rohrlich 

Publication date: 5 May 2022

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We raise fundamental questions about the very meaning of conservation laws in quantum mechanics and we argue that the standard way of defining conservation laws, while perfectly valid as far as it goes, misses essential features of nature and has to be revisited and extended.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05041

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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