Why is Schrödinger's equation linear?

AUTOR(ES)

Parwani, Rajesh R.

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Physics

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005-06

RESUMO

Information-theoretic arguments are used to obtain a link between the accurate linearity of Schr¨odinger's equation and Lorentz invariance: A possible violation of the latter at short distances would imply the appearance of nonlinear corrections to quantum theory. Nonlinear corrections can also appear in a Lorentz invariant theory in the form of higher derivative terms that are determined by a length scale, possibly the Planck length. It is suggested that the best place to look for evidence of such quantum nonlinear effects is in neutrino physics and cosmology.

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