A wave system theory of quantum mechanics

Konstantin K. Likharev

Includes: Introduction; 1D Wave Mechanics; Higher Dimensionality Effects; Bra-ket Formalism; Some Exactly Solvable Problems; Perturbation Theories; Open Quantum Systems; Multiparticle Systems; Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics; Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics

S. Rupp

In this paper, some concepts of nonrelativistic many-particle quantum mechanics (e.g., product states, density matrix) are generalized to the relativistic domain using a framework called relativistic Schr\"odinger theory (RST). By using a general ansatz, the RST framework is simplified considerably and some of its field equations are solved directly. The RST approach is then compared with nonrelativistic quantum mechanics (QM) for the case of a product state (conventional QM) and its RST analog. It is shown that relativistic wave equations can be derived from the RST formalism, so that they coincide in the nonrelativistic limit with the well-known Hartree equations.

Richard H. Bube

Thomas B. Andrews

Alexey V. Melkikh

Abstract The problem of the wave function collapse (a problem of measurement in quantum mechanics) is considered. It is shown that it can be solved based on quantum mechanics and does not require any additional assumptions or new theories. The particle creation and annihilation processes, which are described based on quantum field theory, play a key role in the measurement processes. Superposition principle is not valid for the system of equations of quantum field theory for particles and fields, because this system is a non-linear. As a result of the creation (annihilation) of a particle, an additional uncertainty arises, which “smears” the interference pattern. The imposition of such a large number of uncertainties in the repetitive measurements leads to the classical behavior of particles. The decoherence theory also implies the creation and annihilation of particles, and this processes are the consequence of non-linearity of quantum mechanics. In this case, the term “collapse of the wave function” becomes a consequence of the other statements of quantum mechanics instead of a separate postulate of quantum mechanics.