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The Problem of Irreversible Change in Quantum Mechanics

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arxiv 2204.02270 v3 pith:KSXUEFNW submitted 2022-04-05 quant-ph math-phmath.MPphysics.hist-ph

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I prove that, if a change happens in a closed quantum system so that its state is perfectly distinguishable from all past or future states, the Hamiltonian is $\widehat{H}=-i\hbar\frac{\partial\ }{\partial\tau}$. A time operator $\widehat{\tau}$ can be defined as its canonical conjugate. This Hamiltonian is usually rejected because it has no ground state, but I show that even a weaker form of irreversibility is inconsistent with a ground state. What is the right choice, that the world's Hamiltonian is $-i\hbar\frac{\partial\ }{\partial\tau}$, or that changes are reversible?

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