Hello Stephen, Here are the references to 't Hooft's papers. Ref. 3 is written for non-specialists, and should be easy to follow.
Greetings, Saibal [1] Quantum Gravity as a Dissipative Deterministic System http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9903084 [2] Determinism in Free Bosons http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0104080 [3] How Does God Play Dice? (Pre-)Determinism at the Planck Scale http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0104219 [4] Quantum Mechanics and Determinism http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0105105 ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Paul King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: Re: Is Reality as function of Reference Frame? > Dear Saibal, > > The idea that photons, electrons, etc. are "real" or not might make > sense > if we consider the role of virtual particle/wave fluctuations involved in > the Hawking Black Hole evaporation process and the Unruh effect. > From what I have read (cf. Kip S. Thorne, et al), it seems that the > reality (or unreality or > "virtuosity") of particles/waves depends on the reference frame of the > observer - inertial ("free- falling") or non-inertial ("accelerated"), etc. > Perhaps consideration of the context of observation might help us get > past > this difficulty. > Would you happen to know the reference to 't Hooft's paper? > > Kindest regards, > > Stephen
