The Quantum State as Spatial Displacement

DOI10.1142/9781786341419_0010MaRDI QIDQ2975837zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter Holland

Publication date 12 April 2017

Published in Quantum Structural Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03993

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

Abstract: We give a simple demonstration that the Schr"odinger equation may be recast as a self-contained second-order Newtonian law for a congruence of spacetime trajectories. This provides a pictorial representation of the quantum state as the displacement function of the collective whereby quantum evolution is represented as the deterministic unfolding of a continuous coordinate transformation. Introducing gauge potentials for the density and current density it is shown that the wave-mechanical and trajectory pictures are connected by a canonical transformation. The canonical trajectory theory is shown to provide an alternative basis for the quantum operator calculus and the issue of the observability of the quantum state is examined within this context. The construction illuminates some of the problems involved in connecting the quantum and classical descriptions.

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