The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: 't Hooft, Gerard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 185
• Θέματα: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book presents the deterministic view of quantum mechanics developed by Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft. Dissatisfied with the uncomfortable gaps in the way conventional quantum mechanics meshes with the classical world, 't Hooft has revived the old hidden variable ideas, but now in a m...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• I The Cellular Automaton Interpretation as a general doctrine: Motivation for this work
• Deterministic models in quantum notation
• Interpreting quantum mechanics
• Deterministic quantum mechanics
• Concise description of the CA Interpretation
• Quantum gravity
• Information loss
• More problems
• Alleys to be further investigated and open questions
• Conclusions
• II Calculation Techniques: Introduction to part II
• More on cogwheels
• The continuum limit of cogwheels, harmonic rotators and oscillators
• Locality
• Fermions
• PQ theory
• Models in two space-time dimensions without interactions
• Symmetries
• The discretised Hamiltonian formalism in PQ theory
• Quantum Field Theory
• The cellular automaton
• The problem of quantum locality
• Conclusions of part II
• Some remarks on gravity in 2+1 dimensions
• A summary of our views on Conformal Gravity
• Abbreviations. .