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Difficulties with the partial quantization of systems

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Proposals of quantizing matter without also quantizing fields are assessed. In one of these the principle of superposition is given up and an estimate of its violation is suggested. Another proposal, which retains the principle of superposition, is shown to be inconsistent with the equations of motion.

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  1. Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

    Howard Grotch & Emil Kazes

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Grotch, H., Kazes, E. Difficulties with the partial quantization of systems. Found Phys 10, 655–659 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715046

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