The Modal Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics
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Author | : Dennis Dieks |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401150842 |
According to the modal interpretation, the standard mathematical framework of quantum mechanics specifies the physical magnitudes of a system, which have definite values. Probabilities are assigned to the possible values that these magnitudes may adopt. The interpretation is thus concerned with physical properties rather than with measurement results: it is a realistic interpretation (in the sense of scientific realism). One of the notable achievements of this interpretation is that it dissolves the notorious measurement problem. The papers collected here, together with the introduction and concluding critical appraisal, explain the various forms of the modal interpretation, survey its achievements, and discuss those problems that have yet to be solved. Audience: Philosophers of science, theoretical physicists, and graduate students in these disciplines.
Author | : Alastair Wilson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2020-01-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198846215 |
This book defends a radical new theory of contingency as a physical phenomenon. Drawing on the many-worlds approach to quantum theory and cutting-edge metaphysics and philosophy of science, it argues that quantum theories are best understood as telling us about the space of genuine possibilities, rather than as telling us solely about actuality. When quantum physics is taken seriously in the way first proposed by Hugh Everett III, it provides the resources for a new systematic metaphysical framework encompassing possibility, necessity, actuality, chance, counterfactuals, and a host of related modal notions. Rationalist metaphysicians argue that the metaphysics of modality is strictly prior to any scientific investigation; metaphysics establishes which worlds are possible, and physics merely checks which of these worlds is actual. Naturalistic metaphysicians respond that science may discover new possibilities and new impossibilities. This book's quantum theory of contingency takes naturalistic metaphysics one step further, allowing that science may discover what it is to be possible. As electromagnetism revealed the nature of light, as acoustics revealed the nature of sound, as statistical mechanics revealed the nature of heat, so quantum physics reveals the nature of contingency.
Author | : Guido Bacciagaluppi |
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Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Pieter E. Vermaas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2005-07-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521675673 |
Modal interpretations provide a general framework within which quantum mechanics can be considered as a theory that describes reality in terms of physical systems possessing definite properties. Modal interpretations are relatively new attempts to present quantum mechanics as a theory which, like other physical theories, describes an observer-independent reality. In this book, Pieter Vermaas details the results of this work. He provides both an accessible survey and a systematic reference work about how to understand quantum mechanics using a modal interpretation. The book will be of great value to undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in philosophy of science and physics departments with an interest in learning about modal interpretations of quantum mechanics.
Author | : Olimpia Lombardi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Hamiltonian operator |
ISBN | : 9781617613166 |
This book presents a comprehensive account of a new member of the family of the modal interpretations of quantum mechanics. According to the modal-Hamiltonian interpretation, the Hamiltonian of the quantum system plays a decisive role in the definition of systems and subsystems, and in the rule that selects the observables whose possible values become actual. This book begins by introducing the main interpretative postulates and by proving their Galilean invariance. Also discussed herein is an argument for the physical relevance of the interpretation.
Author | : Pieter Ernst Vermaas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 1998 |
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ISBN | : 9789039316245 |
Author | : Gennaro Auletta |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 1030 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789810246143 |
The aim of this book is twofold: to provide a comprehensive account of the foundations of the theory and to outline a theoretical and philosophical interpretation suggested from the results of the last twenty years.There is a need to provide an account of the foundations of the theory because recent experience has largely confirmed the theory and offered a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities. On the other side, the following results have generated a new basis for discussing the problem of the interpretation: the new developments in measurement theory; the experimental generation of ?Schrdinger cats?; recent developments which allow, for the first time, the simultaneous measurement of complementary observables; quantum information processing, teleportation and computation.To accomplish this task, the book combines historical, systematic and thematic approaches.
Author | : Richard Healey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521408745 |
One of the most important books on quantum mechanics to appear in recent years offers a dramatically new interpretation to resolve puzzles and paradoxes associated with the measurement problem and the behavior of coupled systems.
Author | : Franck Laloë |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2012-08-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 110702501X |
Gives an overview of the quantum theory and its main interpretations. Ideal for researchers in physics and mathematics.
Author | : Roland Omnès |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 567 |
Release | : 2018-06-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691187436 |
The interpretation of quantum mechanics has been controversial since the introduction of quantum theory in the 1920s. Although the Copenhagen interpretation is commonly accepted, its usual formulation suffers from some serious drawbacks. Based mainly on Bohr's concepts, the formulation assumes an independent and essential validity of classical concepts running in parallel with quantum ones, and leaves open the possibility of their ultimate conflict. In this book, Roland Omnès examines a number of recent advances, which, combined, lead to a consistent revision of the Copenhagen interpretation. His aim is to show how this interpretation can fit all present experiments, to weed out unnecessary or questionable assumptions, and to assess the domain of validity where the older statements apply. Drawing on the new contributions, The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics offers a complete and self-contained treatment of interpretation (in nonrelativistic physics) in a manner accessible to both physicists and students. Although some "hard" results are included, the concepts and mathematical developments are maintained at an undergraduate level. This book enables readers to check every step, apply the techniques to new problems, and make sure that no paradox or obscurity can arise in the theory. In the conclusion, the author discusses various philosophical implications pertinent to the study of quantum mechanics.