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Is there life beyond Quantum Mechanics?
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- Kapustin, Anton
Abstract
We formulate physically-motivated axioms for a physical theory which for systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom uniquely lead to Quantum Mechanics as the only non- trivial consistent theory. Complex numbers and the existence of the Planck constant common to all systems arise naturally in this approach. The axioms are divided into two groups covering kinematics and basic measurement theory respectively. We show that even if the second group of axioms is dropped, there are no deformations of Quantum Mechanics which preserve the kinematic axioms. Thus any theory going beyond Quantum Mechanics must represent a radical departure from the usual a priori assumptions about the laws of Nature.
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(Submitted on 27 Mar 2013 (v1), last revised 3 Jun 2013 (this version, v4)). This work was supported in part by the Department of Energy grant DE-FG02-92ER40701.Attached Files
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- DE-FG02-92ER40701
- Department of Energy (DOE)
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