Decoherence, the measurement problem, and interpretations of quantum mechanics

By Maximilian Schlosshauer. 2003

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Environment-induced decoherence and superselection have been a subject of intensive research over the past two decades, yet their implications for the foundational problems of quantum mechanics, most notably the quantum measurement problem, have remained a matter of great controversy. This paper is intended to clarify key features of the decoherence program, including its more recent results, and to investigate their application and consequences in the context of the main interpretive approaches of quantum mechanics.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Physiology

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Macroscopic quantum states: Measures, fragility, and implementations (2017, background): “Schrödinger’s thought experiment is of course at the heart of this debate (Leggett, 2002; Schlosshauer, 2005).”
Observables in effective gravity (2005, background): “We expect this description to look nothing like local field theory in spacetime; ordinary local quantum field theory only emerges as an approximation to this underlying dynamics.”
A free energy principle for a particular physics (2019, background): “It is interesting to note that the resolution of debates about wave function collapse – that appeal to quantum decoherence – rest upon a three-way partition into observed, observer and environmental states (Goold et al., 2016; Schlosshauer, 2004).”
Between classical and quantum (2005, background): “319See also Zurek (2004) for a novel derivation of the Born rule, as well as the ensuing discussion in Schlosshauer (2004).”
Introduction to decoherence theory (2006, background): “Interpretational aspects, which are not covered here, are discussed in [4, 5], and useful reviews by W.”
The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (2014, background): “An answer that several investigators have studied[23], is that, probably, Schrödinger’s equation is only an approximation, and that tiny non-linear ‘correction terms’ bring about the collapse[28][40][41].”
A strong no-go theorem on the Wigner’s friend paradox (2019, neutral): “[2] Schlosshauer, M.”
Models of Wave-function Collapse, Underlying Theories, and Experimental Tests (2012, background): “…and Stodolsky, 1981), books by (Breuer and Petruccione, 2000; Joos et al., 2003; Schlosshauer, 2007) and the seminal papers (Caldeira and Leggett, 1981; Joos and Zeh, 1985; Zeh, 1970) and reviews (Schlosshauer, 2005; Vacchini and Hornberger, 2009; Zurek, 1991, 2003), and (Bacciagaluppi, 2007).”