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EnglishThe thesis is about the peculiar probabilistic structure of quantum mechanics. Typically, a random phenomenon is described using the measure-theoretic formulation of probability theory. Such a description can also be done using algebraic methods, which are capable to deal with non-commutative random variables. A central feature of quantum mechanics is the non-commutativity of operators used to describe physical observables. A method to construct a non-commutative probability theory starting from an ordinary measure-theoretic description of probability is proposed and applied to a series of model to reobtain the quantum behaviour od a particle. In particular, using ordinary probability theory, the kinematics of a point-like particle jumping at random over a discrete random space is studied. After the removal of the random space from the model, the position and velocity of the particle do not commute, when represented as operators on the same Hilbert space. Using a suitable random process for the space one is able to recover non-relativistic quantum mechanics in a suitable limit.
| Titolo: | A possible origin of the quantum mechanical behavior | |
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| Relatore: | BASSI, ANGELO | |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 15-feb-2019 | |
| Parole Chiave: | quantum mechanics; probability; non commutativity; contextually; entropic uncertainty | |
| Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici | |
| Anno Accademico: | 2017/2018 | |
| Ciclo: | 31 | |
| Editore: | Università degli Studi di Trieste | |
| Abstract: | The thesis is about the peculiar probabilistic structure of quantum mechanics. Typically, a rando...m phenomenon is described using the measure-theoretic formulation of probability theory. Such a description can also be done using algebraic methods, which are capable to deal with non-commutative random variables. A central feature of quantum mechanics is the non-commutativity of operators used to describe physical observables. A method to construct a non-commutative probability theory starting from an ordinary measure-theoretic description of probability is proposed and applied to a series of model to reobtain the quantum behaviour od a particle. In particular, using ordinary probability theory, the kinematics of a point-like particle jumping at random over a discrete random space is studied. After the removal of the random space from the model, the position and velocity of the particle do not commute, when represented as operators on the same Hilbert space. Using a suitable random process for the space one is able to recover non-relativistic quantum mechanics in a suitable limit. | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 8.1 Tesi di dottorato |
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