%0 Generic %1 citeulike:25688 %A Parwani, Rajesh R. %D 2004 %K cosmology informationtheoretic linearity lorentz neutrino schroedinger %T Why is Schrodinger's Equation Linear? %U http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412192 %X Information-theoretic arguments are used to obtain a link between the accurate linearity of Schrodinger's equation and Lorentz invariance: A possible violation of the latter at short distances would imply the appearance of nonlinear corrections to quantum theory. Nonlinear corrections can also appear in a Lorentz invariant theory in the form of higher derivative terms that are determined by a length scale, possibly the Planck length. It is suggested that the best place to look for evidence of such quantum nonlinear effects is in neutrino physics and cosmology.

@misc{citeulike:25688, abstract = {Information-theoretic arguments are used to obtain a link between the accurate linearity of Schrodinger's equation and Lorentz invariance: A possible violation of the latter at short distances would imply the appearance of nonlinear corrections to quantum theory. Nonlinear corrections can also appear in a Lorentz invariant theory in the form of higher derivative terms that are determined by a length scale, possibly the Planck length. It is suggested that the best place to look for evidence of such quantum nonlinear effects is in neutrino physics and cosmology.}, added-at = {2007-08-18T13:22:24.000+0200}, author = {Parwani, Rajesh R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e3fff13c926b5ff152addf4d38e54926/a_olympia}, citeulike-article-id = {25688}, description = {citeulike}, eprint = {quant-ph/0412192}, interhash = {1f0459a32d62fec8cef27d259afab819}, intrahash = {e3fff13c926b5ff152addf4d38e54926}, keywords = {cosmology informationtheoretic linearity lorentz neutrino schroedinger}, month = {December}, timestamp = {2007-08-18T13:23:00.000+0200}, title = {Why is Schrodinger's Equation Linear?}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412192}, year = 2004 }