Hybrid classical-quantum formulations ask for hybrid notions

We reappraise some of the hybrid classical-quantum models proposed in the literature with the goal of retrieving some of their common characteristics. In particular, first, we analyze in detail the Peres-Terno argument regarding the inconsistency of hybrid quantizations of the Sudarshan type. We sho...

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Autores: Barceló, Carlos, Carballo- Rubio, Raúl, Garay Elizondo, Luis Javier, Gómez Escalante, Ricardo
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44503
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44503
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:51-73
Systems
Mechanics
Dynamics
Gravity
Física-Modelos matemáticos
Física matemática
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Resumo:We reappraise some of the hybrid classical-quantum models proposed in the literature with the goal of retrieving some of their common characteristics. In particular, first, we analyze in detail the Peres-Terno argument regarding the inconsistency of hybrid quantizations of the Sudarshan type. We show that to accept such hybrid formalism entails the necessity of dealing with additional degrees of freedom beyond those in the straight complete quantization of the system. Second, we recover a similar enlargement of degrees of freedom in the so-called statistical hybrid models. Finally, we use Wigner's quantization of a simple model to illustrate how in hybrid systems the subsystems are never purely classical or quantum. A certain degree of quantumness (classicality) is being exchanged between the different sectors of the theory, which in this particular unphysical toy model makes them undistinguishable.