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Utrecht University Can be at the Planck scale? Gerard ’t Hooft Santiago de Compostela December 15 2008 The Quantum Discussion The probability interpretation Pilot waves The ontological interpretation EPR paradox Bell inequality Conway – Kochen “Free Will theorem” Why all these results are important Why all these results might be wrong Local hidden variables A model that seems to work Determinism Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) in his robā‘īyāt : “And the first Morning of creation wrote / What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read.” 1. Any live cell with fewer than two neighbours dies, as if by loneliness. 2. Any live cell with more than three neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding. 3. Any live cell with two or three neighbours lives, unchanged, to the next generation. 4. Any dead cell with exactly three neighbours comes to life. M. Born’s probability interpretation E. Schrödinger’s wave equation Paul Dirac’s state vectors D. Bohm’s Pilot waves EPR paradox t 0: [x k x( A) x( B ) ; , p ( j ) ] i ij l (i ) [x k ( A) x k p( A) p( B ) 0 kl , p ( A) p ( B ) ] 0 l ( B) l J.S. Bell Particles (1) and (2) are “entangled”. Let’s talk about spin rather than position and momentum S ( A ) S ( B ) S ( total ) 0 if you measure spin A, you know spin B, and they commute A1 z B1 A: x B2 A2 1 z ; 1 B : 1 1 2 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 1 1 ; 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 A1 B1 A2 B2 1 A: z ; 1 1 1 1 B : 1 2 ; 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 x z 1 2 0 ; x 1 1 2 ; z 2 1 2 z 1 x 1 z 2 x 2 2 2 1 1 z 1 x 1 z 2 x 2 2 2 A1 B1 A2 B2 However, all σ only take values ±1 , and you can’t have all four of these entries contribute +1, so this number should be between ―2 and 2. Bell’s inequality: z 1 x 1 z 2 x 2 contradicts QM 2 α and β are entangled. P cannot depend on B , and Q cannot depend on A → Bell’s inequality → contradiction! t =0 And yet no useful signal can be sent from B to P or A to Q. A new variety of the same idea: the Conway – Kochen Free Will Theorem Consider two entangled massive spin 1 particles, with total spin S = 0 : [ Sa(i ) , Sb( j ) ] i i j abc Sc(i ) S (i )2 Sa( i )2 2 a (S (1) a S ) 0 (2) a In case of spin 2 : 1 12 2 2 Sz 0 , Sx 1 1 2 1 [ S x2 , S z2 ] [ S y2 , S z2 ] [ S x2 , S y2 ] 0 2 y 2 1 S S S 2 2 x 1 2 1 2 z 2 2 2 S , S , S x y z (1,1, 0) or (1, 0,1) or (0,1,1) 0 1 The 4 cubes of Conway & Kochen It is impossible to attach 0’s and 1’s to all axes at the positions of the dots, such that all orthogonal triples of axes have exactly the (1,1,0) combination. 1 Source S (1) S (2) 0 Conclude: Free Will Theorem: If observers on the two different sites have the free will to choose which axes to pick, the spin values of the two particles cannot be pre-determined. No “hidden variables ” 2 But is there “Free Will” ??? What is Free Will ?? Our present models of Naturepoints are quantum mechanical. Starting Does that prove that Nature itself is quantum mechanical? Suppose one assumed a ToE that literally determines all events in the universe: “Theory of Everything” determinism We imagine three scales in physics: Pico: The Planck scale: 10-33 cm Micro: The microscopic, or atomic, scale: 10-8 cm Macro: The macroscopic scale (people, planets): > 1 cm At the Planck scale (pico) there are strictly deterministic laws. At the atomic scale (micro) everything seems chaotic. What we call atoms and molecules, are just minimal deviations from the statistical average (deviations of only a few bits of information on many billions! At the macroscopic scale, these deviations seem to adopt classical behavior (“classic limit”) The use of Hilbert Space Techniques as technical devices for the treatment of the statistics of chaos ... A “state” of the universe: TOP DOWN í x , ... , p, ..., i, ..., A simple model universe: , anything ... ý í 1ý í 2ý í 3ý í 1ý BOTTOM UP 1“Beable” 2 0 0 1 U 1 0 0 0 1 0 Diagonalize: 3; P1 , P2 , P3 1 U e 2i / 3 “Changeable” 2 2 iH e e 2i / 3 2 2 3 0 23 How could a local, deterministic dynamical system obtain a quantum field theory at large distance scales? Example: a Cellular Automaton (CA) t f ( x, t ) f (1,1) f (0, 0) f (2, 0) N ; x t even Cauchy line x t Cauchy line f (1,1) f (0, 0) x f (2, 0) The evolution rule is of the type: ft 2, x ft , x N F ft 1, x 1 , ft 1, x 1 This is time reversible: ft , x ft 2, x N F ft 1, x 1 , ft 1, x 1 On the Cauchy surface at time t : (t ) ..., f 0,t , f1,t 1 , f 2,t , f3,t 1 , f 4,t ,... At even time t : (t 1) ... A0 A2 A4 ... (t Ax f x ,t f x,t 2 f x,t N A (t F ( f x 1,t 1 , f x 1,t 1 ) At odd time t : (t 1) ... B1 B3 B5 ... (t Bx f x ,t f x,t 2 f x,t N B (t F ( f x 1,t 1 , f x 1,t 1 ) (t 1) A (t ) At even time t : Ax f x ,t f x,t 2 f x,t Then the next step : N F ( f x 1,t 1 , f x 1,t 1 ) (t 2) B (t 1) Bx f x ,t f x ,t 2 f x ,t N F ( f x 1,t 1 , f x 1,t 1 ) [ Ax , Ax ' ] 0 ; [ Bx , Bx ' ] 0 ; [ Ax , Bx ' ] 0 e e iH 2 e | x x'| 1 (t 2) e2iH eiH eiH ; Now write : iH1 only if | x x ' | 0, 2, 4,... 1 i (... A 0 A 2 A 4 ...) e i (... B 1 B 3 B 5 ...) ; ; iA x Ax iB x Bx e e 2 (t 2) e e e iH1 iH 2 e 2iH i (... A 0 A 2 A 4 ...) e i (... B 1 B 3 B 5 ...) e ; ; iH1 iH 2 e iA x Ax iB x Bx e e ; Thus we find the Hamiltonian: H from Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff : eQ e R eS Q R S 12 [ R, S ] 121 [ R,[ R, S ]] 121 [[ R, S ], S ] ... R iH1 , S iH 2 , Q 2iH 2H H1 H 2 12 i[ H1 , H 2 ] ... H xn ; R iH1 , S iH 2 , Q 2iH 2H H1 H 2 i[ H1 , H 2 ] ... H ; n x 1 2 All terms obey: [ H xn , H xn'' ] 0 if | x x'| n n' If CBH would converge, then we would have H H ( x) ; [H ( x), H ( x ')] 0 if | x x ' | x Note that H ( x ) is a finite-dimensional hermitean matrix, hence has a lower bound. Therefore, H ( x ) has a lowest energy eigenvalue: the “vacuum”. The above may seem to be a beautiful approach towards obtaining a local quantum field theory from a deterministic, local CA. However, CBA does not converge, especially not when sandwiched between states with energy difference O (2 ) One could conjecture that our theory needs to be accurate only at energy scales << Planck length. Rotating B is not possible without affecting vacuum B ; to without Bell’s inequalities ??? Rotating What A is happened not possible affecting vacuum A; vacuum A and vacuum B will affect the entangled particles α and β . The “Quantum non-locality” may merely be a property of what we define to be the vacuum ! “vacuum” A “vacuum” B It is essential to distinguish: The use of quantum statistics (Hilbert space) while assuming deterministic underlying laws. This is not a contradiction ! If there is info-loss, our formalism will not change much, provided that we introduce í 1ý,í 4ý í 2ý í 3ý Two (weakly) coupled degrees of freedom The (perturbed) oscillator has discretized stable orbits. This is what causes quantization. The equivalence classes have to be very large these info - equivalence classes are very reminiscent of local gauge equivalence classes. It could be that that’s what gauge equivalence classes are H V/G Two states could be gauge-equivalent if the information distinguishing them gets lost. This might also be true for the coordinate transformations Emergent general relativity Consider a periodic system: 3 2 1 kets a harmonic oscillator !! E=0 q(t T ) q(t ) e iHT q q E 2 n / T ―1 ―2 ―3 bras A simple model generating the following quantum theory for an N dimensional vector space of states: d iH ; dt H11 H H N 1 H1N H NN 2 (continuous) degrees of freedom, φ and ω : d (t ) (t ) , [0, 2 ) ; dt d (t ) f ( ) f '( ); f ( ) det( H ) dt d (t ) (t ) , [0, 2 ) ; dt d (t ) f ( ) f '( ); f ( ) det( H ) dt f '( ) ein( t ) n ( ) i t 1 e ( ), (1 ,..., N ) f ( ) d dt In this model, the energy ω is a beable. stable fixed points Quite generally, contradictions between QM and determinism arise when it is assumed that an observer may choose between non-commuting operators, to measure whatever (s)he wishes to measure, without affecting the wave functions, in particular their phases. But the wave functions are man-made utensils that are not ontological, just as probability distributions. A “classical” measuring device cannot be rotated without affecting the wave functions of the objects measured. One of the questionable elements in the usual discussions concerning Bell’s inequalities, is the assumption of Propose to replace it with Free Will : “Any observer can freely choose which feature of a system he/she wishes to measure or observe.” Is that so, in a deterministic theory ? In a deterministic theory, one cannot change the present without also changing the past. Changing the past might well affect the correlation functions of the physical degrees of freedom in the present – the phases of the wave functions, may well be modified by the observer’s “change of mind”. Do we have a FREE WILL , that does not even affect the phases? Using this concept, physicists “prove” that deterministic theories for QM are impossible. The existence of this “free will” seems to be indisputable. Citations: R. Tumulka: weKochen: have to abandon [Conway’s] four incompatible Conway, free will isone justofthat the experimenter can premises. It seems thatany anyone theory the freedom assumption freely choosetotome make of aviolating small number of invokes a conspiracy as unsatisfactory ... observations ...and thisshould failurebe [ofregarded QM] to predict is a merit rather than a defect, since these results involve free decisions that We should require ahas physical the universe not yettheory made.to be non-conspirational, which means here that it can cope with arbitrary choices of the experimenters, as if they had free will (no matter whether or not there exists ``genuine" free will). Bassi, Ghirardi: Needlessiftosomehow say, the the [theinitial free-will assumption] A theory seems unsatisfactory conditions of the mustare beso true, thus B that is free to measure along any in triple of universe contrived EPR pairs always know advance which directions. ... experimenters will choose. magnetic fields the General conclusions At the Planck scale, Quantum Mechanics is not wrong, but its interpretation may have to be revised, not only for philosophical reasons, but also to enable us to construct more concise theories, recovering e.g. locality (which appears to have been lost in string theory). The “random numbers”, inherent in the usual statistical interpretation of the wave functions, may well find their origins at the Planck scale, so that, there, we have an ontological (deterministic) mechanics For this to work, this deterministic system must feature information loss at a vast scale Holography: any isolated system, with fixed boundary, if left by itself for long enough time, will go into a limit cycle, with a very short period. Energy is defined to be the inverse of that period: E = hν What about rotations and translations? One easy way to use quantum operators to enhance classical symmetries: The displacement operator: U { f x } { f x1} ; xU U ( x 1) Eigenstates: U p, r e i p p, r ; 0 p 2 Fractional displacement operator: U (a) e ia p This is an extension of translation symmetry Other continuous Symmetries such as: rotation, translation, Lorentz, local gauge inv., coordinate reparametrization invariance, may emerge together with QM ... They may be exact locally, but not a property of the underlying ToE, and not be a property of the boundary conditions of the universe momentum space Rotation symmetry Renormalization Group: how does one derive large distance correlation features knowing the small distance behavior? K. Wilson momentum space Unsolved problems: Flatness problem, Hierarchy problem One might imagine that there are equations of Nature that can only be solved in a statistical sense. Quantum Mechanics appears to be a magnificent mathematical scheme to do such calculations. Example of such a system: the ISING MODEL L. Onsager, B. Kaufman 1949 In short: QM appears to be the solution of a mathematical problem. As if: We know the solution, but what EXACTLY was the problem ? Maar hoe kan dit klassieke gedrag nu afwijken van de Bell-ongelijkheden ? De Bell-ongelijkheden zijn afgeleid uit de veronderstelling dat onze huidige beschrijving een “werkelijkheid” betreft. Maar de lege ruimte, het “vacuüm”, correspondeert niet met één werkelijkheid. Het vacuüm is en lineaire superpositie van werkelijkheden, die wij in onze beschrijving ervan hebben ingevoerd. Wat doet dat met de Bell-ongelijkheden ? Dit is hoe de Bell-ongelijkheden omzeild kunnen worden Echter, we hebben hier nog geen harde wiskundige formulering van Een grote moeilijkheid is de precieze wiskundige definitie van het vacuüm als toestand met exact omschreven correlatiefuncties. In de QM is het vacuüm de toestand met de laagste energie mogelijk. Dat is een verstrengelde toestand. Maar juist het energiebegrip is in deze modellen lastig te behandelen.