Quantum mechanics without waves: a generalization of classical statistical mechanics

DOI10.1006/APHY.1998.5892MaRDI QIDQ1301809zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marcello Cini

Publication date 1999

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9807001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

Abstract: We generalize classical statistical mechanics to describe the kinematics and the dynamics of systems whose variables are constrained by a single quantum postulate (discreteness of the spectrum of values of at least one variable of the theory). This is possible provided we adopt Feynman's suggestion of dropping the assumption that the probability for an event must always be a positive number. This approach has the advantage of allowing a reformulation of quantum theory in phase space without introducing the unphysical concept of probability amplitudes, together with all the problems concerning their ambiguous properties.

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