Butterfield, Jeremy (2012) On Time in Quantum Physics. [Preprint]

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Abstract

First, I briefly review the different conceptions of time held by three rival interpretations of quantum theory: the collapse of the wave-packet, the pilot-wave interpretation, and the Everett interpretation (Section 2).

Then I turn to a much less controversial task: to expound the recent understanding of the time-energy uncertainty principle, and indeed of uncertainty principles in general, that has been established by such authors as Busch, Hilgevoord and Uffink.

Although this may at first seem a narrow topic, I point out connections to other conceptual topics about time in quantum theory: for example, the question under what circumstances there is a time operator (Section 4.3).

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Butterfield, Jeremy jb56@cam.ac.uk
Additional Information:	To appear in 'The Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Time', edited by A. Bardon and H. Dyke.
Keywords:	time, quantum mechanics, uncertainty principles, Busch, Hilgevoord, Uffink
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User:	Jeremy Butterfield
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2012 15:27
Last Modified:	25 Aug 2012 15:27
Item ID:	9287
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date:	June 2012
URI:	https://philsci-archive-dev.library.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9287

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