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Titre(s) : Collapse of the wave function [Texte imprimé] : models, ontology, origin, and implications / edited by Shan Gao,...
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge university press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-348 p.) ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"This is the first single volume about the collapse theories of quantum mechanics,
which is becoming a very active field of research in both physics and philosophy.
In standard quantum mechanics, it is postulated that when the wave function of a quantum
system is measured, it no longer follows the Schrödinger equation, but instantaneously
and randomly collapses to one of the wave functions that correspond to definite measurement
results. However, why and how a definite measurement result appears is unknown. A
promising solution to this problem are collapse theories in which the collapse of
the wave function is spontaneous and dynamical. Chapters written by distinguished
physicists and philosophers of physics discuss the origin and implications of wave-function
collapse, the controversies around collapse models and their ontologies, and new arguments
for the reality of wave function collapse. This is an invaluable resource for students
and researchers interested in the philosophy of physics and foundations of quantum
mechanics. Shan Gao is Professor of Philosophy at the Research Center for Philosophy
of Science and Technology at Shanxi University. He is the founder and managing editor
of the International Journal of Quantum Foundations, and is the author of several
books including the recent monograph The Meaning of the Wave Function: In Search of
the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His research
focuses on the philosophy of physics and foundations of quantum mechanics. He is also
interested in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Gao, Shan (1971-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Fonctions d'onde
Théorie quantique
Indice(s) Dewey :
530.124 (23e éd.) = Mécanique ondulatoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108428989. - ISBN 1108428983 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455549444
Notice n° :
FRBNF45554944
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : How to teach and think about spontaneous wave function collapse theories: not like
before / Lajos Diósi ; What really matters in Hilbert-space stochastic processes
/ Giancarlo Ghirardi, Oreste Nicrosini and Alberto Rimini ; Dynamical collapse for
photons / Philip Pearle ; Quantum state reduction / Dorje C. Brody and Lane P. Hughston
; Collapse models and spacetime symmetries / Daniel J. Bedingham ; Ontology for collapse
theories / Wayne C. Myrvold ; Properties and the born rule in GRW theory / Roman
Frigg ; Paradoxes and primitive ontology in collapse theories of quantum mechanics
/ Roderich Tumulka ; On the status of primitive ontology / Peter J. Lewis ; Collapse
or no collapse? What is the best ontology of quantum mechanics in the primitive ontology
framework? / Michael Esfeld ; Quantum state reduction via gravity, and possible tests
using Bose-Einstein condensates / Ivette Fuentes and Roger Penrose ; Collapse. What
else? / Nicolas Gisin ; Three arguments for the reality of wave-function collapse
/ Shan Gao ; Could inelastic interactions induce quantum probabilistic transitions?
/ Nicholas Maxwell ; How the Schrödinger equation would predict collapse: an explicit
mechanism / Roland Omnes ; Wave function collapse, non-locality, and space-time structure
/ Tejinder P. Singh ; The weight of collapse: dynamical reduction models in general
relativistic contexts / Elias Okon and Daniel Sudarsky.
