Cargando…

On conservation laws in quantum mechanics

We raise fundamental questions about the very meaning of conservation laws in quantum mechanics, and we argue that the standard way of defining conservation laws, while perfectly valid as far as it goes, misses essential features of nature and has to be revisited and extended.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aharonov, Yakir, Popescu, Sandu, Rohrlich, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33372154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921529118
_version_ 1783638587835678720
author Aharonov, Yakir
Popescu, Sandu
Rohrlich, Daniel
author_facet Aharonov, Yakir
Popescu, Sandu
Rohrlich, Daniel
author_sort Aharonov, Yakir
collection PubMed
description We raise fundamental questions about the very meaning of conservation laws in quantum mechanics, and we argue that the standard way of defining conservation laws, while perfectly valid as far as it goes, misses essential features of nature and has to be revisited and extended.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7817196
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher National Academy of Sciences
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-78171962021-01-28 On conservation laws in quantum mechanics Aharonov, Yakir Popescu, Sandu Rohrlich, Daniel Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Physical Sciences We raise fundamental questions about the very meaning of conservation laws in quantum mechanics, and we argue that the standard way of defining conservation laws, while perfectly valid as far as it goes, misses essential features of nature and has to be revisited and extended. National Academy of Sciences 2021-01-05 2020-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7817196/ /pubmed/33372154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921529118 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Physical Sciences
Aharonov, Yakir
Popescu, Sandu
Rohrlich, Daniel
On conservation laws in quantum mechanics
title On conservation laws in quantum mechanics
title_full On conservation laws in quantum mechanics
title_fullStr On conservation laws in quantum mechanics
title_full_unstemmed On conservation laws in quantum mechanics
title_short On conservation laws in quantum mechanics
title_sort on conservation laws in quantum mechanics
topic Physical Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33372154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921529118
work_keys_str_mv AT aharonovyakir onconservationlawsinquantummechanics
AT popescusandu onconservationlawsinquantummechanics
AT rohrlichdaniel onconservationlawsinquantummechanics