Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Particle Trajectories

Nov 24, 2022, 5:15 PM
40m
History, philosophy, methodology of QFT, QCD, gravitation and cosmology Afternoon session 24/11/2022

Speaker

Prof. S. Aristarkhov (Berlin)

Description

In this talk I will critically analyse W. Heisenberg's arguments
against the ontology of point particles following trajectories in
quantum theory, presented in his famous 1927 paper and in his Chicago lectures (1929). Along the way, we will clarify the meaning of Heisenberg's uncertainty relation and help resolve some confusions related to it.

Primary author

Prof. S. Aristarkhov (Berlin)

Presentation materials