Published November 8, 1993
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Journal article
Measurement in lightcone quantum mechanics
Description
We consider the wavefunction ψ evaluated over a past lightcone instead of over a constant-time hyperplane. The lightcone wavefunction can be taken to represent information available at the origin: a measurement anywhere on the past lightcone reduces the wavefunction. Some causality paradoxes of the usual reduction are avoided. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 182
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-4.
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 25029418
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CAUSALITY; LIGHT CONE; MEASURING METHODS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TWO-BODY PROBLEM; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- FUNCTIONS; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; MECHANICS; SPACE-TIME