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Time and Space Wavefunction Related Entropy

Authors: Francesco R. Ruggeri;

Time and Space Wavefunction Related Entropy

Abstract

In a previous note (1) we considered a free particle entropy based on the real part of the wavefunction exp(ipx) i.e. |cos(px)|. |cos(px|) may be normalized over a certain length, just as exp(ipx) is. The idea is that there exists an uncertainty in space within a wavelength which should be reflected in an entropy expression. As p becomes very large, cos(px) becomes very narrow and has many peaks in L. Thus probability →0 so p ln(p)--> 0 using l’Hopital’s rule. This coincides with a free classical particle having zero entropy. In this note, we revisit arguments presented previously, suggesting that A= -Et+px, a Lorentz invariant and also the free particle classical relativistic and nonrelativistic action for v=x/t We suggested in the past that A is responsible for both the wavelength hbar/p and the time period hbar/E. Here we suggest uncertainty within a time period should be considered together with uncertainty within a wavelength. For instance, recent experiments (2) have shown that one may have quantum interference in time as well as space. Thus there is uncertainty for a free particle in both space and time. We add the entropies for these two. Next, we consider the case of a bound system. Such a system creates a crest-trough pattern (with different heights and widths) for its spatial wavefunction, but E, average energy is constant and there is the free particle type exp(-iEnt). We suggest that the system is characterized by uncertainty in space and time with En being a known constant at each x. This suggests that various free particle p (momentum) values combine to create the wavefunction such that -1/2m d/dx d/dx W/W is average kinetic energy which in turn adds to V(x) to create a constant En. We are thus concerned with uncertainty in time and space and not in momentum. In the limit of high energy values, a crest fits within a tiny dx and prms is essentially the classical p value which is considered certain, even though in quantum mechanics the range of a(p) weights hold for all n (W(x)=Sum over p a(p)exp(ipx)). Thus we treat a high n limit as being completely certain and not having entropy. This differs from the approach of using C/v(x), where v(x) is velocity given by .5mv(x)v(x)+V(x)=En, as a probability and calculating Shannon’s entropy using this.

Keywords

wavefunction based entropy, time entropy

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