Dissipating the quantum measurement problem

Topoi ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Healey
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem

scholarly journals Decoherence and its role in the modern measurement problem

2012 ◽  
Vol 370 (1975) ◽  
pp. 4576-4593 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Measurement Theory ◽  
Quantum Measurements ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
Conceptual Problems

Decoherence is widely felt to have something to do with the quantum measurement problem, but getting clear on just what is made difficult by the fact that the ‘measurement problem’, as traditionally presented in foundational and philosophical discussions, has become somewhat disconnected from the conceptual problems posed by real physics. This, in turn, is because quantum mechanics as discussed in textbooks and in foundational discussions has become somewhat removed from scientific practice, especially where the analysis of measurement is concerned. This paper has two goals: firstly (§§1–2), to present an account of how quantum measurements are actually dealt with in modern physics (hint: it does not involve a collapse of the wave function) and to state the measurement problem from the perspective of that account; and secondly (§§3–4), to clarify what role decoherence plays in modern measurement theory and what effect it has on the various strategies that have been proposed to solve the measurement problem.

scholarly journals Can the Quantum Measurement Problem be Resolved within the Framework of Schroedinger Dynamics and Quantum Probability?

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Sewell ◽  
Guillaume Adenier ◽  
Andrei Yu. Khrennikov ◽  
Pekka Lahti ◽  
Vladimir I. Man'ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Quantum Probability ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem

scholarly journals Inflation and the quantum measurement problem

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephon Alexander ◽  
Dhrubo Jyoti ◽  
João Magueijo
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem

scholarly journals Einstein, Ehrenfest, and the quantum measurement problem

2013 ◽  
Vol 525 (1-2) ◽  
pp. A15-A19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issachar Unna ◽  
Tilman Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem

scholarly journals Cosmological inflation and the quantum measurement problem

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Martin ◽  
Vincent Vennin ◽  
Patrick Peter
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem ◽  
Cosmological Inflation

scholarly journals Measured distribution of cloud chamber tracks from radioactive decay: a new empirical approach to investigating the quantum measurement problem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Schonfeld
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Radioactive Decay ◽  
Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Radioactive Source ◽  
Cloud Chamber ◽  
Quantum Measurement Problem ◽  
Measured Distribution

Abstract Using publically available video of a cloud chamber with a very small radioactive source, I measure the spatial distribution of where tracks start, and consider possible implications. This is directly relevant to the quantum measurement problem and its possible resolution, and appears never to have been done before. The raw data are relatively uncontrolled, leading to caveats that should guide future, more tailored experiments. Track distributions from decays in cloud chambers represent a previously unappreciated way to probe the foundations of quantum mechanics, and a novel case of wavefunctions with macroscopic signatures.

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