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. Gravitational Waves and Perspectives for Quantum Gravity. (arXiv:1410.2581v1 [gr-qc]) gr-qc updates on arXiv.org on 2014-10-10 2:16am GMT Understanding the role of higher derivatives is probably one of the most relevant questions in… Read more →
Nicolas Gisin (University of Geneva) Submitted to “90 Years of Quantum Mechanics” A definition of a Realistic Physics Theory is proposed based on the idea that, at all time, the set of physical properties possessed (at that time) by a system should unequivocally determine the probabilities of outcomes of all possible measurements. Full text
Peter Holland, University of Oxford In this contribution we shall be concerned with two classes of interpretations of quantum mechanics: the epistemological (the historically dominant view) and the ontological. The first views the wavefunction as just a repository of (statistical) information on a physical system. The other treats the wavefunction primarily as an element of physical reality, whilst generally retaining… Read more →
Maximilian Schlosshauer and Tangereen V. B. Claringbold (University of Portland) We examine the entanglement and state disturbance arising in a protective measurement and argue that these inescapable effects doom the claim that protective measurement establishes the reality of the wave function. An additional challenge to this claim results from the exponential number of protective measurements required to reconstruct multi-qubit states…. Read more →
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. Contrary Inferences in Consistent Histories and a Set Selection Criterion Latest Results for Foundations of Physics on 2014-10-04 12:00am GMT Abstract The best developed formulation of closed system quantum theory that handles… Read more →
Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) A new interpretation of quantum mechanics is proposed according to which precedence, freedom and novelty play central roles. This is based on a modification of the postulates for quantum theory given by Masanes and Muller. We argue that quantum mechanics is uniquely characterized as the probabilistic theory in which individual systems have maximal… Read more →
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. The trouble with orbits: The Stark effect in the old and the new quantum theory ScienceDirect Publication: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of… Read more →
Roman Jackiw Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology John Bell and I met and became acquainted in 1967, when I went to CERN for a year-long research visit, soon after finishing my doctoral studies a Cornell. At that time, particle physics theory was dominated, as it happens from time-to-time, by a single idea; there was broad agreement among theorists… Read more →
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. Nonclassical Paths in Quantum Interference Experiments PRL: General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. on 2014-9-19 2:00pm GMT Author(s): Rahul Sawant, Joseph Samuel, Aninda Sinha, Supurna Sinha, and Urbasi Sinha… Read more →
During recent years, there is increasing interest in the ontological status and meaning of the wave function, and it seems that there is even a shift in research focus from the measurement problem to the problem of interpreting the wave function. This motivates us to organize an online workshop on the meaning of the wave function. The workshop aims to… Read more →
Proud to support the new journal! Here is my first submission: note on Leggett-Garg 4. Abstract: In this paper we first analyse Leggett and Garg’s argument to the effect that macroscopic realism contradicts quantum mechanics. After making explicit all the assumptions in Leggett and Garg’s reasoning, we argue against the plausibility of their auxiliary assumption of non-invasive measurability, using Bell’s construction… Read more →
