Chatha Posted May 9, 2005 Posted May 9, 2005 Quantum mechanics boldly points at several contradictions from many references. First the atom wave duality experiment gives us reference that there is no reality, the inhibitions of accuracy, and the endless debate on causality or predetermined universe. Is anyone still currently studing this field and why?
Klaynos Posted May 9, 2005 Posted May 9, 2005 Yep people are still studying it, why because it is very interesting, and can lead to real world solutions to problems such as quantum encryption and entanglement.
swansont Posted May 9, 2005 Posted May 9, 2005 QM is the basis for much of atomic and nuclear physics. Any legitimate degree in physics is going to involve at least one class in QM. So yes, it's studied. "Because that's how nature appears to behave" is why.
ydoaPs Posted May 9, 2005 Posted May 9, 2005 you can't just through it out because it is counterintuitive. much of sr is counterintuitive, but it is still used.
Severian Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 how active is the field of quantum physics Quantum Mechanics is not studied much anymore, basically because it is incomplete. Quantum Field Theory (where the fields themseleves are also quantised) on the other hand is very widely studied.
BlackHole Posted May 14, 2005 Posted May 14, 2005 I don't think QM is incomplete. It's our interpretation of QM which is either wrong or incomplete. QM has been highly successful. It gave us lasers, superconductivity, zero point energy, particle physics etc...
Ophiolite Posted May 14, 2005 Posted May 14, 2005 I don't think QM is incomplete. It's our interpretation of QM which is either wrong or incomplete. This does not make sense to me. QM is not some 'real thing' waiting to be discovered, digested and understood. QM is our interpretation of observations. You have perpetrated a tautology. Shame on you.
Severian Posted May 14, 2005 Posted May 14, 2005 I don't think QM is incomplete. QM is a description of one particle states. To allow particle pair production you need QFT.
BlackHole Posted May 22, 2005 Posted May 22, 2005 This does not make sense to me. QM is not some 'real thing' waiting to be discovered, digested and understood. QM is our interpretation[/u'] of observations. You have perpetrated a tautology. Shame on you. True, all physical theories are our interpretation of nature. QM is a description of one particle states. To allow particle pair production you need QFT The problem is with Schroedinger's equation. It is not relativistic, reducing to Newtonian mechanics rather than relativistic mechanics in the correspondence limit.
Johnny5 Posted May 22, 2005 Posted May 22, 2005 QM is a description of one particle states. To allow particle pair production you need QFT. Severian can you go into this slightly? I've never studied QFT but i have studied QM analysis of hydrogen. Thank you
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