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An argument against the realistic interpretation of the wave function

Carlo Rovelli Testable predictions of quantum mechanics are invariant under time reversal. But the change of the quantum state in time is not so, neither in the collapse nor in the no-collapse interpretations of the theory. This fact challenges the realistic interpretation of the quantum state. On the other hand, this fact follows easily if we interpret the quantum state… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (35)

This is a list of this week’s papers on quantum foundations published in various journals or uploaded to preprint servers such as arxiv.org and PhilSci Archive. Realization of an entanglement-assisted quantum delayed-choice experiment PRA: Fundamental concepts on 2015-8-28 2:00pm GMT Author(s): Tao Xin, Hang Li, Bi-Xue Wang, and Gui-Lu Long The puzzling properties of quantum mechanics, i.e., wave-particle duality, entanglement,… Read more →

Concerning Quadratic Interaction in the Quantum Cheshire Cat Experiment

We believe the weak interaction of the quantum Cheshire Cat experiment must be linear if the weak values are to support the quantum Cheshire Cat interpretation, i.e., that a particle and one of its properties are spatially separated. For example, even though Denkmayr et al. measured the proper weak values for quantum Cheshire Cat in their neutron interferometry experiment, they did so using a quadratic… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (34)

This is a list of this week’s papers on quantum foundations published in various journals or uploaded to preprint servers such as arxiv.org and PhilSci Archive. The Consistent Histories formalism and the measurement problem SHPMP on 2015-8-21 8:27pm GMT Publication date: Available online 20 August 2015 Source:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (33)

This is a list of this week’s papers on quantum foundations published in the various journals or uploaded to the preprint servers such as arxiv.org and PhilSci Archive. Time Dilation in Quantum Systems and Decoherence: Questions and Answers. (arXiv:1508.03296v1 [quant-ph]) gr-qc updates on arXiv.org on 2015-8-14 1:42am GMT Authors: Igor Pikovski, Magdalena Zych, Fabio Costa, Caslav Brukner Recent work has shown that relativistic time… Read more →

In memory of Bernard d’Espagnat (1921-2015)

We am very sorry to hear of the passing of Bernard d’Espagnat, a distinguished member of our Editorial Board. Prof. d’Espagnat died on 1 August 2015, at age 93 in Paris. He has made important contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, and is especially famous for his concept of ‘veiled reality’. He won the 2009 Templeton Prize. Prof. d’Espagnat had been supporting our journal and the… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (32)

This is a list of this week’s papers on quantum foundations published in the various journals or uploaded to the preprint servers such as arxiv.org and PhilSci Archive. Local Realism in Quantum Many Worlds. (arXiv:1508.01335v1 [quant-ph]) quant-ph updates on arXiv.org on 2015-8-08 8:08am GMT Authors: Adam Bednorz Fundamental principle of classical physics — local realism, means that freely chosen observations can… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (31)

This is a list of this week’s papers on quantum foundations published in the various journals or uploaded to the preprint servers such as arxiv.org and PhilSci Archive. Inflation Due to Quantum Potential Latest Results for Foundations of Physics on 2015-8-01 12:00am GMT Abstract In the framework of a cosmological model of the Universe filled with a nonrelativistic particle soup,… Read more →