The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics

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Lombardi, Olimpia Iris; Fortin, Sebastian Ezequiel
Año de publicación
2015
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Despite the impressive amount of literature on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the relevance of symmetry in interpretation is not properly acknowledged. In fact, although it is usually said that quantum mechanics is invariant under the Galilean group, the invariance is usually not discussed in the case of the interpretation of the theory.  This situation is particularly pressing for realist positions, which want to know how reality would be if quantum mechanics were true. From a realist perspective, it seems reasonable to require that an interpretation of quantum mechanics, to be admissible, preserves the same symmetries of the theory. In this paper we will take a realist standpoint in order to study what physical constraints the Galilean group imposes on interpretation, and we will extrapolate the conclusions drawn for quantum mechanics to the case of quantum field theory.
Fil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Fortin, Sebastian Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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SYMMETRY
GALILEAN GROUP
INTERPRETATION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
title The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
spellingShingle The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
SYMMETRY
GALILEAN GROUP
INTERPRETATION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
title_short The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
title_full The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
title_fullStr The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
title_full_unstemmed The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
title_sort The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
Fortin, Sebastian Ezequiel
author Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
author_facet Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
Fortin, Sebastian Ezequiel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv SYMMETRY
GALILEAN GROUP
INTERPRETATION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
topic SYMMETRY
GALILEAN GROUP
INTERPRETATION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Despite the impressive amount of literature on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the relevance of symmetry in interpretation is not properly acknowledged. In fact, although it is usually said that quantum mechanics is invariant under the Galilean group, the invariance is usually not discussed in the case of the interpretation of the theory.  This situation is particularly pressing for realist positions, which want to know how reality would be if quantum mechanics were true. From a realist perspective, it seems reasonable to require that an interpretation of quantum mechanics, to be admissible, preserves the same symmetries of the theory. In this paper we will take a realist standpoint in order to study what physical constraints the Galilean group imposes on interpretation, and we will extrapolate the conclusions drawn for quantum mechanics to the case of quantum field theory.
Fil: Lombardi, Olimpia Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Fortin, Sebastian Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Despite the impressive amount of literature on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the relevance of symmetry in interpretation is not properly acknowledged. In fact, although it is usually said that quantum mechanics is invariant under the Galilean group, the invariance is usually not discussed in the case of the interpretation of the theory.  This situation is particularly pressing for realist positions, which want to know how reality would be if quantum mechanics were true. From a realist perspective, it seems reasonable to require that an interpretation of quantum mechanics, to be admissible, preserves the same symmetries of the theory. In this paper we will take a realist standpoint in order to study what physical constraints the Galilean group imposes on interpretation, and we will extrapolate the conclusions drawn for quantum mechanics to the case of quantum field theory.
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Lombardi, Olimpia Iris; Fortin, Sebastian Ezequiel; The role of symmetry in the interpretation of quantum mechanics; Institute for Scientific Methodology; Electronic journal of theoretical physics; 12; 1534; 12-2015; 255-272
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