The ‘Jericho effect’ and Hegerfeldt non-locality

Autor:	Michael Redhead, Talal A. Debs
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Objectivity (frame invariance) Physics History Quantum nonlocality Classical mechanics History and Philosophy of Science General Physics and Astronomy Relativistic quantum mechanics Quantum field theory Invariant (physics) Quantum Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Zdroj:	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 34:61-85
ISSN:	1355-2198
DOI:	10.1016/s1355-2198(02)00081-3
Popis:	The problem of representing a single localized particle has played a crucial role in the historical development of quantum theories. In particular, the failure to construct a relativistically invariant position eigenstate was a contributing factor in the demise of the so-called relativistic quantum mechanics, in favor of quantum field theories. Nevertheless, non-locality which stems from standard accounts of Single-particle localization still presents itself as a problem in the form of Gerhard Hegerfeldt's eponymous theorem of 1974. Accepting that a link may be maintained between invariance and ‘objectivity,’ it is shown how Hegerfeldt's paradoxical result arises in relativistic theories from a failure of objectivity of localization—the so-called ‘Jericho effect’.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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