A quantum mechanical twin paradox |
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Authors: | Dennis Dieks |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of History and Foundations of Science, Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, 3508 TA, P. O. Box 80.000, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | When a quantummechanical wavepacket undergoes a series of Galilean boosts, the Schrödinger theory predicts the occurrence of a geometrical phase effect that is an example of Berry's phase (Sagnac's phase). In the present paper the conceptual consequences of this phenomenon are considered, in particular for the status of Galilean invariance in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, and for the relation between that theory and classical physics. |
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Keywords: | Galilean invariance Schrö dinger theory Sagnac effect Berry's phase Hannay's angle |
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