Decoherence and wave function collapse

DOI10.1007/S10701-011-9588-6zbMATH Open1245.81004arXiv1105.0831OpenAlexW1986782143MaRDI QIDQ429828FDOQ429828

Authors: Roland Omnès 

Publication date: 20 June 2012

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The possibility of consistency between the basic quantum principles of quantum mechanics and wave function collapse is reexamined. A specific interpretation of environment is proposed for this aim and applied to decoherence. When the organization of a measuring apparatus is taken into account, this approach leads also to an interpretation of wave function collapse, which would result in principle from the same interactions with environment as decoherence. This proposal is shown consistent with the non-separable character of quantum mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0831

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zbMATH Keywords

decoherenceinterpretation of quantum mechanicswave function collapse

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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