Quantum Worlds (eBook, ePUB)

Perspectives on the Ontology of Quantum Mechanics
Redaktion: Lombardi, Olimpia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Quantum theory underpins much of modern physics and its implications draw the attention of industry, academia and public funding agencies. However there are many unsettled conceptual and philosophical problems in the interpretation of quantum mechanics which are a matter of extensive debate. These hotly debated topics include the meaning of the wave function, the nature of the quantum objects, the role of the observer, the non-locality of the quantum world, and the emergence of classicality from the quantum domain. Containing chapters written by eminent researchers from the fields of physics and philosophy, this book provides interdisciplinary, comprehensive and up-to-date perspectives of the problems related to the interpretation of quantum theory. It is ideal for academic researchers in physics and philosophy working on the ontology of quantum mechanics.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108590167
• Artikelnr.: 56228620

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ontology from Different Interpretations of
Quantum Mechanics: 1. Ontology for relativistic collapse theories Wayne C.
Myrvold; 2. The Modal-Hamiltonian interpretation: measurement, invariance
and ontology Olimpia Lombardi; 3. Quantum mechanics and perspectivalism
Dennis Dieks; 4. Quantum physics grounded on Bohmian mechanics Nino Zanghi;
5. Ontology of the wave function and the many-worlds interpretation Lev
Vaidman; 6. Generalized contexts for quantum histories Marcelo Losada,
Leonardo Vanni and Roberto Laura; Part II. Realism, Wavefunction and
Primitive Ontology: 7. What is the quantum face of realism? James Ladyman;
8. To be a realist about quantum theory Hans Halvorson; 9. Locality and
wave function realism Alyssa Ney; Part III. Individuality,
Distinguishability and Locality: 10. Making sense of non-individuals in
quantum mechanics Jonas R. B. Arenhart, Otávio Bueno and Décio Krause;
11. From quantum to classical physics: the role of distinguishability Ruth
Kastner; 12. Individuality and the account of non-locality: the case for
the particle ontology in quantum physics Michael Esfeld; 13. Beyond
loophole-free experiments: a search for non-ergodicity Alejandro Hnilo;
Part IV. Symmetries and Structure in Quantum Mechanics: 14. Space-time
symmetries in quantum mechanics Cristian López and Olimpia Lombardi; 15.
Symmetry, structure, and emergent subsystems Nathan Harshman; 16.
Majorization, across the (quantum) universe Guido Bellomo and Gustavo M.
Bosyk; Part V. The Relationship between the Quantum Ontology and the
Classical World: 17. A closed-system approach to decoherence Sebastian
Fortin and Olimpia Lombardi; 18. A logical approach to the
quantum-to-classical transition Sebastian Fortin, Manuel Gadella, Federico
Holik and Marcelo Losada; 19. Quantum mechanics and molecular structure:
the case of optical isomers Juan Camilo Martínez González, Jesús Jaimes
Arriaga and Sebastian Fortin; Index.