Solving the measurement problem: de Broglie-Bohm loses out to Everett

DOI10.1007/S10701-004-2009-3MaRDI QIDQ816133zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Harvey R. Brown, David Wallace

Publication date 20 February 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403094

zbMATH Keywords

measurementdecoherenceconsciousnessEverettDe Broglie-Bohm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

Abstract: The quantum theory of de Broglie and Bohm solves the measurement problem, but the hypothetical corpuscles play no role in the argument. The solution finds a more natural home in the Everett interpretation.

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