Quantum mechanics from classical statistics
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Publication:961521
DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.12.006zbMATH Open1192.81031arXiv0906.4919OpenAlexW3100498808WikidataQ56937166 ScholiaQ56937166MaRDI QIDQ961521FDOQ961521
Publication date: 31 March 2010
Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Quantum mechanics can emerge from classical statistics. A typical quantum system describes an isolated subsystem of a classical statistical ensemble with infinitely many classical states. The state of this subsystem can be characterized by only a few probabilistic observables. Their expectation values define a density matrix if they obey a "purity constraint". Then all the usual laws of quantum mechanics follow, including Heisenberg's uncertainty relation, entanglement and a violation of Bell's inequalities. No concepts beyond classical statistics are needed for quantum physics - the differences are only apparent and result from the particularities of those classical statistical systems which admit a quantum mechanical description. Born's rule for quantum mechanical probabilities follows from the probability concept for a classical statistical ensemble. In particular, we show how the non-commuting properties of quantum operators are associated to the use of conditional probabilities within the classical system, and how a unitary time evolution reflects the isolation of the subsystem. As an illustration, we discuss a classical statistical implementation of a quantum computer.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4919
Cryptography (94A60) Quantum computation (81P68) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94)
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