On a recent attempt to define the interpretation basis in the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1507-1531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Foster ◽  
Harvey Brown
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Recent Attempt ◽  
Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
Many Worlds Interpretation ◽  
The Many

scholarly journals A Phenomenological Reading of the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquin Trujillo
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Copenhagen Interpretation ◽  
Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
Standard Interpretation ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Many Worlds Interpretation ◽  
The Many

The articles provides a phenomenological reading of the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics and its answer to the measurement problem, or the question of “why only one of a wave function’s probable values is observed when the system is measured.” Transcendental-phenomenological and hermeneutic-phenomenological approaches are employed. The project comprises four parts. Parts one and two review MWI and the standard (Copenhagen) interpretation of quantum mechanics. Part three reviews the phenomenologies. Part four deconstructs the hermeneutics of MWI. It agrees with the confidence the theory derives from its (1) unforgiving appropriation of the Schrödinger equation and (2) association of branching universes with the evolution of the wave function insofar as that understanding comes from the formalism itself. Part four also reveals the hermeneutical shortcomings of the standard interpretation.

scholarly journals THE INEVITABLE NONLINEARITY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY FALSIFIES THE MANY-WORLDS INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 611-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
Linear Superposition ◽  
Nonlinear Quantum ◽  
Many Worlds Interpretation ◽  
The Many ◽  
Limiting Case

There are fundamental reasons why there should exist a reformulation of quantum mechanics which does not refer to a classical space–time manifold. It follows that quantum mechanics as we know it is a limiting case of a more general nonlinear quantum theory, with the nonlinearity becoming significant at the Planck mass/energy scale. This nonlinearity is responsible for a dynamically induced collapse of the wave function, during a quantum measurement, and it hence falsifies the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. We illustrate this conclusion using a mathematical model based on a generalized Doebner–Goldin equation. The non-Hermitian part of the Hamiltonian in this norm-preserving, nonlinear, Schrödinger equation dominates during a quantum measurement, and leads to a breakdown of linear superposition.

scholarly journals NONLINEARITIES IN THE QUANTUM MULTIVERSE

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1350068 ◽  
Author(s):  
ORFEU BERTOLAMI ◽  
VICTOR HERDEIRO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Nonlinear Evolution ◽  
Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
Eternal Inflation ◽  
Many Worlds Interpretation ◽  
String Landscape ◽  
The Many ◽  
New View

It has been recently proposed that the multiverse of eternal inflation, string landscape and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics can be identified, yielding a new view on the measure and measurement problems. In the present note, we argue that a nonlinear evolution of observables in the quantum multiverse would be an obstacle for such a description and that these nonlinearities are expected from quite general arguments.

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