27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

A perspective on additional structure in local formulations for position measurements in noncommutative quantum mechanics (NCQM)

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Presentation Track G - Theoretical and Computational Physics

Speaker

Mr Chris Rohwer (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stellenbosch)

Description

We contrast two equivalent formulations for NCQM position measurement: a constrained local description in position containing additional degrees of freedom, and an unconstrained nonlocal description without nonpositional degrees of freedom. After analysing corresponding classical theories, we demonstrate that the local formulations allow for natural interpretations of NCQM involving additional structure/extent.

Primary author

Mr Chris Rohwer (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stellenbosch)

Co-authors

Prof. F. Scholtz (National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), Stellenbosch) Dr K. Zloshchastiev (National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), Stellenbosch) Dr L. Gouba (National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), Stellenbosch)

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