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Why do we need quantum theory?

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • 2. Institute of Electronics and Photonics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia)

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A good starting point of this consideration can be a question 'Why do we need quantum theory?'. What is wrong with just using the methods of classical mechanics or electrodynamics. Although there are a number of arguments for quantum theory, many people still accept the quantum theory as an intellectual achievement having many arguments for own truth. Many of them are based on superstition of elegance of classical theory. As said Ludwig Boltzmann 'Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors, we should keep the law of mathematics'. The aim of this paper is to discuss some arguments for quantum mechanics which are mostly technical and maybe mathematical rigorous. Whereas some mathematics overstate the beginning let's are start with a little theory. In this discussion we will use the interaction representation (also known as the Dirac picture) which is an interactive picture between the Schroedinger and the Heisenberg picture. Although it sounds ominously, it is a very effective tool in cases where the influences of disturbance simultaneously changing both the wave function and observed variable. In this case the solution is to use with the aim to express many-body solution of the Schroedinger equation. The interaction representation constructs the solution of Schroedinger equation as the solution of the free particle problem plus some unknown interaction part. In our discussion we will use a hypothetical system (not very far from reality) which contains a mixture of dissipative and other (yet unknown) subsystems with very different qualities. It has been shown that right in this configuration the interaction representation is very useful. (authors)

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Proceedings 20. International Conference on Applied Physics of Condensed Matter

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Publisher
Slovak University of Technology
Imprint Place
Bratislava (Slovakia)
ISBN
978-80-227-4179-8
Imprint Title
Proceedings 20. International Conference on Applied Physics of Condensed Matter
Imprint Pagination
217 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 15-19
Report number
INIS-SK--2017-034

Conference

Title
20. international conference on applied physics of condensed matter
Acronym
APCOM 2014
Dates
25-28 Jun 2014
Place
Strbske Pleso (Slovakia)

INIS

Country of Publication
Slovakia
Country of Input or Organization
Slovakia
INIS RN
48060962
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION
Descriptors DEC
DATA; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS

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Project VEGA-1/0712/12
Notes
2 figs., 1 refs. Imprint:Published also on CDROM 31.4 MBytes in PDF format