In non relativistic physics it is assumed that both chronological ordering and causal ordering of events (telling whether there exists a causal relationship between two events or not) are absolute, observer independent properties. In relativistic physics on the other hand chronological ordering depends on the observer who assigns space-time coordinates to physical events and only causal ordering is regarded as an observer independent property. In this paper it is shown that quantum theory can be considered as a physical theory in which causal (as well as chronological) ordering of probabilistic events happening in experiments may be regarded as an observer dependent property.
A. Dragan和A. Ekert [New Journal of Physics,22(3),p.033038.]最近声称,量子物理学的基本性质(例如基本不确定性和叠加原理)可以仅仅从相对论的考虑中推导出来,如果人们把超光速参考系作为物理意义的话。在这篇评论中,我们表明他们的论点是有缺陷的,因此他们的主张是没有根据的。
A Matter of Principle: The Principles of Quantum Theory, Dirac's Equation, and Quantum Information
本文讨论基本原理在理论物理中的作用,特别是量子理论。相对论的基本原理也将在量子电动力学和量子场论中发挥作用,特别是狄拉克的工作,特别是狄拉克从相对论原理和量子理论推导出的电子相对论方程,是本文的主要焦点。然而,我也将考虑海森堡对量子力学的推导,正是他启发了狄拉克。我认为海森堡和狄拉克的工作都是由他们对量子理论基本原理的坚持和信心所指导的。文章的最后一部分讨论了G. M. d 'ariano和他的同事关于量子信息理论的原理,它将量子理论及其原理扩展到一个新的方向。这一扩展使他们能够仅仅从这些原理中推导出狄拉克方程,而不使用相对性原理。