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Axions and Cosmic Magnetic Fields
George B. Field, Sean M. Carroll
We argue that if axions are the dark matter, their coupling to electromagnetism results in exponential growth of a helical magnetic field when the axion field first rolls down its…
Completely Discretized, Finite Quantum Mechanics
Sean M. Carroll
I propose a version of quantum mechanics featuring a discrete and finite number of states that is plausibly a model of the real world. The model is based on standard unitary quantu…
Reality as a Vector in Hilbert Space
Sean M. Carroll
I defend the extremist position that the fundamental ontology of the world consists of a vector in Hilbert space evolving according to the Schrödinger equation. The laws of physics…
The Quantum Field Theory on Which the Everyday World Supervenes
Sean M. Carroll
Effective Field Theory (EFT) is the successful paradigm underlying modern theoretical physics, including the "Core Theory" of the Standard Model of particle physics plus Einstein's…
Energy Non-Conservation in Quantum Mechanics
Sean M. Carroll, Jackie Lodman
We study the conservation of energy, or lack thereof, when measurements are performed in quantum mechanics. The expectation value of the Hamiltonian of a system can clearly change…
Quantum Mereology: Factorizing Hilbert Space into Subsystems with Quasi-Classical Dynamics
Sean M. Carroll, Ashmeet Singh
We study the question of how to decompose Hilbert space into a preferred tensor-product factorization without any pre-existing structure other than a Hamiltonian operator, in parti…