Published March 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Is is necessary to abandon the ψ function in quantum gravitation?

  • 1. Moscow State Univ. (USSR)

Description

Hawking's conclusion that a pure state of an elementary particle converts into a mixed state as a result of a coupling with real and virtual black holes and that it is necessary to abandon the description of elementary particles by means of a ψ function in quantum gravitation is subjected to a critical analysis. An examination of a specific example - the motion of particles of nonzero mass and of photons in the field of a charged black hole - does not support Hawking's conclusion. Ellis's estimates of a lower (energy) limit on the applicability of quantum mechanics has been improved by 40 orders of magnitude

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Soviet Physics Journal (English Translation)
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
9
Series
Sov. Phys. J. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
703-707
ISSN
0038-5697
CODEN
SOPJA

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Notes
Transl.: Cover-to-cover translation of Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenij, Fizika (USSR).