Quantum models as classical cellular automata

10th Biennial Conference on Classical and Quantum Relativistic Dynamics of Particles and Fields

Elze, Hans-Thomas^1

Dipartimento di Fisica Enrico Fermi, Università di Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo 3, Pisa

1-56127, Italy^1

关键词: Dispersion relations;    Existence of Solutions;    Interpretation of quantum mechanics;    Quantum mechanical;    Quantum mechanical model;    Shannon's sampling theorems;    Stationary state;    Superposition principle;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/845/1/012022/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/845/1/012022

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A synopsis is offered of the properties of discrete and integer-valued, hence "natural", cellular automata (CA). A particular class comprises the "Hamiltonian CA" with discrete updating rules that resemble Hamilton's equations. The resulting dynamics is linear like the unitary evolution described by the Schrödinger equation. Employing Shannon's Sampling Theorem, we construct an invertible map between such CA and continuous quantum mechanical models which incorporate a fundamental discreteness scale l. Consequently, there is a one-to-one correspondence of quantum mechanical and CA conservation laws. We discuss the important issue of linearity, recalling that nonlinearities imply nonlocal effects in the continuous quantum mechanical description of intrinsically local discrete CA - requiring locality entails linearity. The admissible CA observables and the existence of solutions of the l-dependent dispersion relation for stationary states are mentioned, besides the construction of multipartite CA obeying the Superposition Principle. We point out problems when trying to match the deterministic CA here to those envisioned in 't Hooft's CA Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.