A POSSIBLE UNITARITY DEFECT OF THE S-MATRIX

Authors
KROLIKOWSKI W
Citation
W. Krolikowski, A POSSIBLE UNITARITY DEFECT OF THE S-MATRIX, Nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica. A. Nuclei, particles and fields, 107(9), 1994, pp. 1759-1766
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica. A. Nuclei, particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241861
Volume
107
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1759 - 1766
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1861(1994)107:9<1759:APUDOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The familiar analogy in the quantum theory between the time evolution of an isolated system and the thermal equilibrium of a system with a t hermostat or heat reservoir leads us to the hypothesis of a ''temporal equilibrium'' of any so-called isolated system with the physical spac e-time. Small virtual deviations from such an equilibrium imply a non- unitarity extension of the quantum state equation giving a tiny unitar ity defect of the S-matrix.