Emergence from irreversibility

The emergent nature of quantum mechanics is shown to follow from a precise correspondence with the classical theory of irreversible thermodynamics. Specifically, the linear (or Gaussian) regime of the latter can be put in a 1-to-1 map with the semiclassical approximation to quantum mechanics. The ve...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2013-01, Vol.442 (1), p.12033-8
Main Authors: Córdoba, P Fernández de, Isidro, J M, Perea, Milton H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Approximation
Degrees of freedom
Emergence
Gaussian
Mathematical analysis
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Quantum physics
Thermodynamics
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Summary:The emergent nature of quantum mechanics is shown to follow from a precise correspondence with the classical theory of irreversible thermodynamics. Specifically, the linear (or Gaussian) regime of the latter can be put in a 1-to-1 map with the semiclassical approximation to quantum mechanics. The very possibility of reinterpreting quantum mechanics as a thermodynamics proves that the former is an emergent phenomenon. That is, quantum mechanics is a coarse-grained description of some underlying degrees of freedom.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/442/1/012033