Joan Vaccaro - Quantum theory of time

It is a rare situation where we need to cast aside elementary assumptions that underpin our theories in order to advance them further. To be an advance two things are required: (1) any discarded assumption must be accounted for as a consequence of something deeper, and (2) the deeper cause must have consequences (predictions) that show it is necessary. Dr. Vaccaro suspects that advancing our understanding of the nature of time, and dynamics in particular, is a situation of this kind. Dynamics is conventionally assumed to be an elemental part of nature. It is incorporated axiomatically in physical theories through conservation laws and compliant equations of motion. If, however, the conservation laws and equations of motion were found to be due to deeper causes, the conventional view of dynamics being elemental would need reworking. She will show how a violation of time reversal symmetry (T violation) of the kind observed in K and B meson decay might be such a cause. Dr. Vaccaro uses a new quantum formal