Subsystems and independence in relativistic microscopic physics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.02.002zbMATH Open1228.81048arXiv0812.1517OpenAlexW2963581079MaRDI QIDQ652780FDOQ652780

Authors: Stephen Jeffrey Summers 

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The analyzability of the universe into subsystems requires a concept of the "independence" of the subsystems, of which the relativistic quantum world supports many distinct notions which either coincide or are trivial in the classical setting. The multitude of such notions and the complex relations between them will only be adumbrated here. The emphasis of the discussion is placed upon the warrant for and the consequences of a particular notion of subsystem independence, which, it is proposed, should be viewed as primary and, it is argued, provides a reasonable framework within which to sensibly speak of relativistic quantum subsystems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1517

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zbMATH Keywords

quantumrelativisticsplit propertysubsystems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Special relativity (83A05) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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