کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9742857 1490470 2005 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Are all particles real?
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم فیزیک و نجوم (عمومی)
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Are all particles real?
چکیده انگلیسی
In Bohmian mechanics elementary particles exist objectively, as point particles moving according to a law determined by a wavefunction. In this context, questions as to whether the particles of a certain species are real-questions such as, Do photons exist? Electrons? Or just the quarks?-have a clear meaning. We explain that, whatever the answer, there is a corresponding Bohm-type theory, and no experiment can ever decide between these theories. Another question that has a clear meaning is whether particles are intrinsically distinguishable, i.e., whether particle world lines have labels indicating the species. We discuss the intriguing possibility that the answer is no, and particles are points-just points.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics - Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2005, Pages 103-112
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