Quantum mechanics as classical statistical mechanics with an ontic extension and an epistemic restriction
Where does quantum mechanics part ways with classical statistical mechanics? Here the authors derive both within a common framework; the former differs from the latter by an ontic nonseparable random variable and a restriction on the allowed phase space distribution, both of order Planck’s constant....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01375-w |