Naslov
Quantum mechanics: myths and facts

Autori
Nikolić, Hrvoje

Izvornik
Foundations of physics (0015-9018) 37 (2007), 11; 1563-1611

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
quantum mechanics ; duality ; uncertainty ; randomness ; reality ; nonlocality ; particle ; field ; entropy

Sažetak
A common understanding of quantum mechanics (QM) among students and practical users is often plagued by a number of "myths", that is, widely accepted claims on which there is not really a general consensus among experts in foundations of QM. These myths include wave-particle duality, time-energy uncertainty relation, fundamental randomness, the absence of measurement-independent reality, locality of QM, nonlocality of QM, the existence of well-defined relativistic QM, the claims that quantum field theory (QFT) solves the problems of relativistic QM or that QFT is a theory of particles, as well as myths on black-hole entropy. The fact is that the existence of various theoretical and interpretational ambiguities underlying these myths does not yet allow us to accept them as proven facts. I review the main arguments and counterarguments lying behind these myths and conclude that QM is still a not-yet-completely-understood theory open to further fundamental research.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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