A modal-Hamiltonian interpretation of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2008.01.003zbMATH Open1223.81035OpenAlexW2169598121MaRDI QIDQ643465FDOQ643465

Authors Olimpia Lombardi, Mario Castagnino

Publication date 31 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610121

zbMATH Keywords

classical limit quantum mechanics quantum ontology decoherence Hamiltonian quantum measurement modal interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to introduce a new member of the family of the modal interpretations of quantum mechanics. In this modal-Hamiltonian interpretation, the Hamiltonian of the quantum system plays a decisive role in the property-ascription rule that selects the definite-valued observables whose possible values become actual. We show that this interpretation is effective for solving the measurement problem, both in its ideal and its non-ideal versions, and we argue for the physical relevance of the property-ascription rule by applying it to well-known physical situations. Moreover, we explain how this interpretation supplies a description of the elemental categories of the ontology referred to by the theory, where quantum systems turn out to be bundles of possible properties.

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