Is relativistic quantum mechanics compatible with special relativity?

被引:0
|
作者
Lavenda, BH [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Camerino, I-62032 Camerino, MC, Italy
关键词
random walks; quantum mechanics; special relativity; ordinary and modified Bessel functions;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The transformation from a time-dependent random walk to quantum mechanics converts a modified Bessel function into an ordinary one together with a phase factor e(i pi /2) for each time the electron flips both direction and handedness. Causality requires the argument to be greater than the order of the Bessel function. Assuming equal probabilities for jumps fl, the normalized modified Bessel function of an imaginary argument is the solution of the finite difference differential Schrodinger equation whereas the same function of a real argument satisfies the diffusion equation. In the nonrelativistic limit, the stability condition of the difference scheme contains the mass whereas in the ultrarelativistic limit only the velocity of light appears. Particle waves in the nonrelativistic limit become elastic waves in the ultrarelativistic limit with a phase shift in the frequency and wave number of pi /2. The ordinary Bessel function satisfies a second order recurrence relation which is a finite difference differential wave equation, using non-nearest neighbors, whose solutions are the chirality components of a free-particle in the zero fermion mass limit. Reintroducing the mass by a phase transformation transforms the wave equation into the Klein-Gordon equation but does not admit a solution in terms of ordinary Bessel functions. However, a sign change of the mass term permits a solution in terms of a modified Bessel function whose recurrence formulas produce all the results of special relativity. The Lorentz transformation maximizes the integral of the modified Bessel function and determines the paths of steepest descent in the classical limit. If the definitions of frequency and wave number in terms of the phase were used in special relativity, the condition that the frame be inertial would equate the superluminal phase velocity with the particle velocity in violation of causality. In order to get surfaces of constant phase to move at the group velocity, an integrating factor is required which determines how the intensity decays in time. The phase correlation between neighboring sites in quantum mechanics is given by the phase factor for the electron to reverse its direction, whereas, in special relativity, it is given by the Doppler shift.
引用
收藏
页码:347 / 365
页数:19
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] Is quantum theory compatible with special relativity?
    Bahrami, M.
    Shafiee, A.
    Saravani, M.
    Golshani, M.
    PRAMANA-JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 2013, 80 (03): : 429 - 437
  • [2] Is quantum theory compatible with special relativity?
    M BAHRAMI
    A SHAFIEE
    M SARAVANI
    M GOLSHANI
    Pramana, 2013, 80 : 429 - 437
  • [3] Is there a philosophy of time compatible with relativity and quantum mechanics?
    Besnard, Fabien
    FRONTIERS OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS, 2012, 1446 : 437 - 447
  • [4] Asymptotic approach to special relativity compatible with a relativistic principle
    Carmona, J. M.
    Cortes, J. L.
    Mazon, D.
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2010, 82 (08):
  • [5] SPECIAL RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM THEORY: ARE REALLY COMPATIBLE?
    Aleman Berenguer, Rafael Andres
    THEMATA-REVISTA DE FILOSOFIA, 2011, (44): : 65 - 78
  • [6] Special Relativity, Causality and Quantum Mechanics - 1
    Kar, Guruprasad
    Kunkri, Samir
    Choudhary, Sujit K.
    RESONANCE-JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, 2006, 11 (08): : 41 - 52
  • [7] Is Retrocausal Quantum Mechanics Consistent with Special Relativity?
    Shan Gao
    Foundations of Physics, 2022, 52
  • [8] Special relativity, causality and quantum mechanics — 2
    Guruprasad Kar
    Samir Kunkri
    Sujit K. Choudhary
    Resonance, 2006, 11 (9) : 43 - 54
  • [9] On the relationship between quantum mechanics and special relativity
    Schlatter, Andreas E.
    PHYSICS ESSAYS, 2012, 25 (02) : 278 - 281
  • [10] Is Retrocausal Quantum Mechanics Consistent with Special Relativity?
    Gao, Shan
    FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS, 2022, 52 (01)