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Silvio Macedo
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- Quantum fields have wave functions that determine a particle position in space. It solves non-locality, double-slit paradox, tunnel effect, etc. What if the wave function is also in time? Won't it solve the breaking of causality at quantum level? (I did search before posting)
Quantum fields have wave functions that determine a particle position in space. It solves non-locality, double-slit paradox, tunnel effect, etc. What if the wave function is also in time? Won't it solve the breaking of causality at quantum level? (Delayed Choice/Quantum Eraser/Time)
Not much else to say. I'm a mere engineer with less than basic knowledge of quantum theories. But it just occurred to me that if in addition to probability in space, as defined by the wave function of a particle, that same wave function somehow spreads the existence of a particle in time, it would for example solve the the delayed choice paradigm too.
Until collapsed, the wave function "exists" in space and time; that is, it projects the probability of the particle being both space and time; when the wave function is collapsed, by an observer, it collapses in a classically-coherent fashion both in space and time.
And like non-locality, and tunnel-effect, this does not cause causality to break; it simply allows for a certain quantum fuzziness until we force the universe to settle down.
Apologies if I'm just wasting your time.
Any input - even if it is just a link for me to figure it out by myself - will be appreciated.
(I did search before posting)
Thank you!
Not much else to say. I'm a mere engineer with less than basic knowledge of quantum theories. But it just occurred to me that if in addition to probability in space, as defined by the wave function of a particle, that same wave function somehow spreads the existence of a particle in time, it would for example solve the the delayed choice paradigm too.
Until collapsed, the wave function "exists" in space and time; that is, it projects the probability of the particle being both space and time; when the wave function is collapsed, by an observer, it collapses in a classically-coherent fashion both in space and time.
And like non-locality, and tunnel-effect, this does not cause causality to break; it simply allows for a certain quantum fuzziness until we force the universe to settle down.
Apologies if I'm just wasting your time.
Any input - even if it is just a link for me to figure it out by myself - will be appreciated.
(I did search before posting)
Thank you!