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A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality
By defining a prepotential function for the stationary Schrödinger equation we derive an inversion formula for the space variable $x$ as a function of the wave--function $\psi$. The resulting equation is a Legendre transform that relates $x$, the prepotential ${\cal F}$, and the probability density....
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author | Faraggi, Alon E. Matone, Marco |
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description | By defining a prepotential function for the stationary Schrödinger equation we derive an inversion formula for the space variable $x$ as a function of the wave--function $\psi$. The resulting equation is a Legendre transform that relates $x$, the prepotential ${\cal F}$, and the probability density. We invert the Schrödinger equation to a third--order differential equation for ${\cal F}$ and observe that the inversion procedure implies a $x$--$\psi$ duality. This phenomenon is related to a modular symmetry due to the superposition of the solutions of the Schrödinger equation. We propose that in quantum mechanics the space coordinate can be interpreted as a macroscopic variable of a statistical system with $\hbar$ playing the role of a scaling parameter. We show that the scaling property of the space coordinate with respect to $\tau=\partial_{\psi}^2{\cal F}$ is determined by the ``beta--function''. We propose that the quantization of the inversion formula is a natural way to quantize geometry. |
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spelling | cern-3052872023-03-14T18:54:50Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.163http://cds.cern.ch/record/305287engFaraggi, Alon E.Matone, MarcoA Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum dualityParticle Physics - TheoryBy defining a prepotential function for the stationary Schrödinger equation we derive an inversion formula for the space variable $x$ as a function of the wave--function $\psi$. The resulting equation is a Legendre transform that relates $x$, the prepotential ${\cal F}$, and the probability density. We invert the Schrödinger equation to a third--order differential equation for ${\cal F}$ and observe that the inversion procedure implies a $x$--$\psi$ duality. This phenomenon is related to a modular symmetry due to the superposition of the solutions of the Schrödinger equation. We propose that in quantum mechanics the space coordinate can be interpreted as a macroscopic variable of a statistical system with $\hbar$ playing the role of a scaling parameter. We show that the scaling property of the space coordinate with respect to $\tau=\partial_{\psi}^2{\cal F}$ is determined by the ``beta--function''. We propose that the quantization of the inversion formula is a natural way to quantize geometry.By defining a prepotential function for the stationary Schr\"odinger equation we derive an inversion formula for the space variable $x$ as a function of the wave--function $\psi$. The resulting equation is a Legendre transform that relates $x$, the prepotential ${\cal F}$, and the probability density. We invert the Schr\"odinger equation to a third--order differential equation for ${\cal F}$ and observe that the inversion procedure implies a $x$--$\psi$ duality. This phenomenon is related to a modular symmetry due to the superposition of the solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation. We propose that in quantum mechanics the space coordinate can be interpreted as a macroscopic variable of a statistical system with $\hbar$ playing the role of a scaling parameter. We show that the scaling property of the space coordinate with respect to $\tau=\partial_{\psi}~2{\cal F}$ is determined by the ``beta--function''. We propose that the quantization of the inversion formula is a natural way to quantize geometry.By defining a prepotential function for the stationary Schr\"odinger equation we derive an inversion formula for the space variable $x$ as a function of the wave-function $\psi$. The resulting equation is a Legendre transform that relates $x$, the prepotential ${\cal F}$, and the probability density. We invert the Schr\"odinger equation to a third-order differential equation for ${\cal F}$ and observe that the inversion procedure implies a $x$-$\psi$ duality. This phenomenon is related to a modular symmetry due to the superposition of the solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation. We propose that in quantum mechanics the space coordinate can be interpreted as a macroscopic variable of a statistical system with $\hbar$ playing the role of a scaling parameter. We show that the scaling property of the space coordinate with respect to $\tau=\partial_{\psi}^2{\cal F}$ is determined by the ``beta-function''. We propose that the quantization of the inversion formula is a natural way to quantize geometry. The formalism is extended to higher dimensions and to the Klein-Gordon equation.hep-th/9606063UFIFT-HEP-96-15DFPD-96-TH-28DPFD-95-TH-48DPFD-95-TH-48UF-IFT-HEP-96-15oai:cds.cern.ch:3052871996-06-12 |
spellingShingle | Particle Physics - Theory Faraggi, Alon E. Matone, Marco A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality |
title | A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality |
title_full | A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality |
title_fullStr | A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality |
title_full_unstemmed | A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality |
title_short | A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality |
title_sort | statistical interpretation of space and classical-quantum duality |
topic | Particle Physics - Theory |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.163 http://cds.cern.ch/record/305287 |
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