• Title of article

    Time: And time again

  • Author/Authors

    K.R. Chapin، نويسنده , , M.O. Scully، نويسنده , , M.S. Zubairy، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    228
  • To page
    233
  • Abstract
    The concept of time as it appears in quantum, classical, and statistical physics is revisited. By combining special relativity and time-independent quantum field theory, we obtain the time-dependent Schrödinger equation, but time, t, and position, r, are regarded as parameters, not operators. When examined from another point of view, an argument based on the photon wave function is developed in order to show that the time in quantum mechanics is the same as the time in Maxwellʹs equations. Finally, the issue of time is again addressed, but this time from the perspective of statistical time, i.e., time as derived from thermodynamics.
  • Keywords
    Statistical time , Entropy , Direction of time , TDSE , QHE , Micromaser
  • Journal title
    Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
  • Record number

    1047935