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A first-principles approach to physics based on locality and operationalism

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Starting from the guiding principles of spacetime locality and operationalism, a general framework for a probabilistic description of nature is proposed. Crucially, no notion of time or metric is assumed, neither any specific physical model. Remarkably, the emerging framework converges with a recently proposed formulation of quantum theory, obtained constructively from known quantum physics. At the same time the framework also admits statistical theories of classical physics.

Source: Proceedings of Frontiers of Fundamental Physics 14 — PoS(FFP14)

DOI: 10.22323/1.224.0171

Author: Robert Oeckl

Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Mechanics and Applications

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Award: G2821036315