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A novel interpretation of the Klein-Gordon equation
arXiv
Authors: K. B. Wharton
Year
2007
Paper ID
49831
Status
Preprint
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Abstract
The covariant Klein-Gordon equation requires twice the boundary conditions of the Schrodinger equation and does not have an accepted single-particle interpretation. Instead of interpreting its solution as a probability wave determined by an initial boundary condition, this paper considers the possibility that the solutions are determined by both an initial and a final boundary condition. By constructing an invariant joint probability distribution from the size of the solution space, it is shown that the usual measurement probabilities can nearly be recovered in the non-relativistic limit, provided that neither boundary constrains the energy to a precision near hbar/T (where T is the time duration between the boundary conditions). Otherwise, deviations from standard quantum mechanics are predicted.
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- The covariant Klein-Gordon equation requires twice the boundary conditions of the Schrodinger equation and does not have an accepted single-particle interpretation.
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