In this Letter we reanalyze the old problem of the probability interpretation of the wave function in the case of identical particles. It is shown that, although the construction of observable single particle position (or momentum) operators is not easy nor natural, it is possible to bypass the problem through the construction of projectors that make probability computations completely systematic, easy to understand and adequate to the spirit of Quantum Mechanics. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Identical particles, projectors and probabilities / Testa, Massimo. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS A. - ISSN 0375-9601. - STAMPA. - 373:40(2009), pp. 3624-3628. [10.1016/j.physleta.2009.08.005]
Identical particles, projectors and probabilities
TESTA, Massimo
2009
Abstract
In this Letter we reanalyze the old problem of the probability interpretation of the wave function in the case of identical particles. It is shown that, although the construction of observable single particle position (or momentum) operators is not easy nor natural, it is possible to bypass the problem through the construction of projectors that make probability computations completely systematic, easy to understand and adequate to the spirit of Quantum Mechanics. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
