General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics

[spoirier]

From the viewpoint of quantum physics, the Planck constant is a mere conventional quantity used to set a unit to the concept of energy which is defined as a measure of frequency. This constant seems mysterious as long as you keep the classical view which defines energy as an a priori quantity. But as soon as you give up the classical view of energy as an independent quantity, and you accept to redefine it as a measure of frequency, then you are entering the understaning of quantum physics.

We can make a comparison with the sound which splits into harmonics. Every vibrating object of finite size makes a sound with a precise list of harmonics (of a finite number of frequencies lower than any given value), the same as any object of finite size can only have a finite number of energy levels lower than a given value.
But frequencies in a system with an unknown form of perturbation, cannot be accurately measured if the sound is only recorded in a limited period of time, no matter the means.

Sorry what do you mean by your question ? what do you mean by "break this "energy-time"?" what "quantum jump" are you talking about ? I hardly know anything about string theory but I guess it does not change anything to the nature of Planck's constant.

 

[BigApplePi]

spoirier. I have not been thinking of these things lately. The last time I did, I conjectured as to what was bothering me. Trying to ask questions by analyzing or taking apart given answers tends to lead me in circles. What is missing is what they call on the INTP forum -- Si. That is the sensual experience. All these things we've been talking about are more than theoretical speculations. They come from or are speculations on observed experiments. I have not seen these experiments. I don't know how or have ever seen what comes out of a bubble chamber or whatever other instruments of research are used. Hearing about high speed particle accelerators without being able to examine their results makes any theory about results vague and impossible to analyze. I think that is the problem. What do you think?