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arxiv: 1610.00764 · v1 · pith:LNLR6XC4new · submitted 2016-10-03 · 🪐 quant-ph · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

Causal evolution of wave packets

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keywords causalevolutionsystemwaveadaptedapplyarguebreakdown
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Drawing from the optimal transport theory adapted to the relativistic setting we formulate the principle of a causal flow of probability and apply it in the wave packet formalism. We demonstrate that whereas the Dirac system is causal, the relativistic-Schr\"odinger Hamiltonian impels a superluminal evolution of probabilities. We quantify the causality breakdown in the latter system and argue that, in contrast to the popular viewpoint, it is not related to the localisation properties of the states.

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