Quantum particles from classical statistics

DOI10.1002/ANDP.201000088MaRDI QIDQ3060259zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christof Wetterich

Publication date 1 December 2010

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3048

zbMATH Keywords

classical statistical description of quantum mechanicsfoundations of quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

Abstract: Quantum particles and classical particles are described in a common setting of classical statistical physics. The property of a particle being "classical" or "quantum" ceases to be a basic conceptual difference. The dynamics differs, however, between quantum and classical particles. We describe position, motion and correlations of a quantum particle in terms of observables in a classical statistical ensemble. On the other side, we also construct explicitly the quantum formalism with wave function and Hamiltonian for classical particles. For a suitable time evolution of the classical probabilities and a suitable choice of observables all features of a quantum particle in a potential can be derived from classical statistics, including interference and tunneling. Besides conceptual advances, the treatment of classical and quantum particles in a common formalism could lead to interesting cross-fertilization between classical statistics and quantum physics.

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