Călin VAMOŞ
Evolution of the Time Concept in Theoretical Physics
Instituția:
Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis, Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch
Email autor:
cvamos@ictp.acad.ro
Abstract:
In theoretical physics two concepts of time have been formulated: the absolute time of the Newtonian mechanics and the relative time of the relativity theory. At present the relative time dominates the theoretical approaches in physics. But there are quantum phenomena, as the collapse of the wave function, which cannot be explained by the relativity theory. The future unified theory of quantum fields must reconcile such contradictory phenomena.
