Quantum Chance and Non-locality

Probability and Non-Locality in the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

W. Michael Dickson

244 pages, parution le 01/04/2005

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This book examines in detail two of the fundamental questions raised by quantum mechanics. Is the world indetenninistic? Are there connections between spatially separated objects? In the first part of the book, after outlining the formalism of quantum mechanics and introducing the measurement problem, the author examines several interpretations, focusing on how each proposes to solve the measurement problem and on how each treats probability. In the second part, the author argues that there can be non-trivial relationships between probability (specifically, determinism and indeterminism) and non-locality in an interpretation of quantum mechanics. The author then reexamines some of the interpretations of part one of the book in the light of this argument, and considers how*they fare with regard to locality and Lorentz invariance. One of the important lessons that comes out of this discussion is that any examination of locality, and of the relationship between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity, should be undertaken in the context of a detailed interpretation of quantum mechanics.

The book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the interpretation of quantum mechanics, including researchers in the philosophy of physics and theoretical physics, as well as graduate students in those fields.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Quantum chance
- Quantum probability and the problem of interpretation
- Orthodox theories
- No-collapse theories
- Modal interpretations
- The Bohm theory
Quantum non-locality
- Non-locality I: Non-dynamical models of the EPR-Bohm
- Non-locality II: Dynamical models of the EPR-Bohm experiment
- Non-locality and special relativity
- Probability and non-locality
Notes
References
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	W. Michael Dickson
Parution	01/04/2005
Nb. de pages	244
Format	18,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	492g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521619479
ISBN13	978-0-521-61947-9