Roberts, Bryan W. (2014) A general perspective on time observables. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 47 . pp. 50-54. ISSN 1355-2198
Abstract
I propose a general geometric framework in which to discuss the existence of time observables. This frameworks allows one to describe a local sense in which time observables always exist, and a global sense in which they can sometimes exist subject to a restriction on the vector fields that they generate. Pauli's prohibition on quantum time observables is derived as a corollary to this result. I will then discuss how time observables can be regained in modest extensions of quantum theory beyond its standard formulation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/studies-in-histor... |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Sets: | Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Research centres and groups > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2014 13:32 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/56412/ |
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