Nonlocality, entropy creation, and entanglement in quantum many-body systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new framework for understanding quantum many-body systems by reformulating the Green's function, linking measurement-induced collapse, entanglement, and entropy creation through a nonlocal Dyson equation and internal spacetime structures.

Contribution

It presents a novel reformulation of the Green's function, incorporating a nonlocal Dyson equation and a new picture of quantum dynamics involving internal spacetime and entropy.

Findings

Collapse causes nonlocal effects consistent with entanglement

Multiplicity of solutions relates to entropy generated by measurement

Internal spacetime structures form during wavefunction collapse

Abstract

We propose a reinterpretation and reformulation of the single-particle Green's function in nonrelativistic quantum many-body theory with an emphasis on normalization. By downfolding a correlation function covering all of Fock space into the observable portion, we derive a nonlocal Dyson equation which depends on an unknown downfolding frequency. The downfolding frequency is determined by solving the inverse problem so that the spectral function of the single-particle propagator is a Dirac-$\delta$ function. Upon measurement, the system collapses stochastically onto one of these normalized solutions. This collapse has a nonlocal effect on the path the particle takes, in agreement with quantum entanglement. We postulate that the multiplicity of each quantized solution is directly related to the ensemble averaged spectrum and the entropy created by measurement of the particle. In the final part, we outline a new picture of dynamics in quantum many-body systems. As a function of the coupling strength, the multiplicity for collapse has a complicated form due to the shape of the quantization condition. This structure creates an entropic force from counting quantized solutions which is predominantly attractive but likely also has a narrow repulsive regime at weak coupling. Upon collapse, an internal spacetime forms between the two points in order to carry the information gained from the reduction of the probabilistic many-body state. The repeated creation of these spacetime bridges defines an internal spacetime with a complicated shape and history. We treat the quantum system as a finite informational resource that holds information about possible normalized outcomes, collapses the wave function to reset after encountering a conflict, and creates an internal spacetime to carry the information gained with every collapse.