Quantum physics without quantum philosophy

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Quantum physics without quantum philosophy

Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Nino Zanghì

Springer, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

It has often been claimed that without drastic conceptual innovations a genuine explanation of quantum interference effects and quantum randomness is impossible. This book concerns Bohmian mechanics, a simple particle theory that is a counterexample to such claims. The gentle introduction and other contributions collected here show how the phenomena of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to non-commuting observables, emerge from the Bohmian motion of particles, the natural particle motion associated with Schroedinger's equation. This book will be of value to all students and researchers in physics with an interest in the meaning of quantum theory as well as to philosophers of science.

Table of Contents

Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty.- Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory.- Quantum Philosophy: The Flight from Reason in Science.- Seven Steps Towards the Classical World.- On the Quantum Probability Flux Through Surfaces.- On the Weak Measurement of Velocity in Bohmian Mechanics.- Topological Factors Derived From Bohmian Mechanics.- Hypersurface Bohm-Dirac Models.- Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory.- Quantum Spacetime Without Observers.- Reality and the Role of the Wave Function in Quantum Theory.

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  • NCID
    BB1082475X
  • ISBN
    • 9783642306891
  • LCCN
    2012952411
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin ; Heidelberg
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 284 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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