Published June 10, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Solving the nonlocality riddle by conformal quantum geometrodynamics

  • 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Napoli (Italy)
  • 2. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, via della Lungara 10, 00165 Roma (Italy)

Description

A rigorous ab initio derivation of the quantum mechanics of a single particle with spin is presented starting by conformally Weyl-gauge-invariant principle. The particle is described as a relativistic top with six Euler's angles and quantum effects are introduced by assuming that the Weyl's curvature of the particle configuration space acts on it as an external scalar potential. Weyl's conformal covariance is made explicit in all steps of the theory. It is shown that metric of the configuration space accounts for non-quantum relativistic effects, while the affine connections account for quantum relativistic effects. In this way, classical and quantum features acquire well distinguished geometrical origin. A scalar wave function is also introduced to recover the connection with the standard quantum description based on Dirac's four-component spinors. Finally, the case of two entangled spins is considered in the nonrelativistic limit and it is found that the nonlocality rests on the entanglement of the spin internal orientational variables, playing the role of ''hidden variables''. The theory was carried out in the Minkowski space-time, but it can be easily extended to a space with nonzero Riemann curvature.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/442/1/012059

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
442
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
From the Planck Scale to emergent phenomena
Acronym
DICE2012 6. international workshop on spacetime - matter - quantum mechanics
Dates
17-21 Sep 2012
Place
Castiglioncello, Tuscany (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44120210
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONFIGURATION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; METRICS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; PARTICLES; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPIN; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENERGY RANGE; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPACE