The quasiclassical realms of this quantum universe

DOI10.1007/S10701-010-9460-0zbMATH Open1228.83131arXiv0806.3776OpenAlexW2046780431WikidataQ110701968 ScholiaQ110701968MaRDI QIDQ649883FDOQ649883

Authors: J. B. Hartle 

Publication date: 25 November 2011

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

Abstract: The most striking observable feature of our indeterministic quantum universe is the wide range of time, place, and scale on which the deterministic laws of classical physics hold to an excellent approximation. This essay describes how this domain of classical predictability of every day experience emerges from a quantum theory of the universe's state and dynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3776

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zbMATH Keywords

emergenceclassical limitquantum mechanicsquantum cosmologyquasiclassical realm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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