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Action at a distance and causality in quantum theory
arXiv
Authors: Jerome Blackman
Year
2013
Paper ID
31212
Status
Preprint
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The relation between quantum theory and special relativity is peculiar. On the one hand it is close and essential. Steven Weinberg [1], for example, takes the position that the standard model is an inevitable consequence of the marriage of the two theories. On the other, the action at a distance implied by the famous paper by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen [2] is certainly contrary to the implications of special relativity in spite of the fact that it does not allow transmission of information. The setting of quantum theory is a Hilbert spaceH and a path inH whose development in time is governed by a one parameter group of unitary transformations while the setting for special relativity can be thought of as Minkowski space with the time development not absolute, but dependent on the inertial system of the observer. The problem is to show how these two very different viewpoints can be reconciled in a way that includes an explanation of the "action at a distance" conundrum.
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