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An axiomatic formulation of the Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics

Gambini, Rodolfo and Garcia-Pintos, Luis Pedro and Pullin, Jorge (2011) An axiomatic formulation of the Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics. [Published Article]

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    Abstract

    We make a first attempt to axiomatically formulate the Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics. In this interpretation environmental decoherence is supplemented with loss of coherence due to the use of realistic clocks to measure time to solve the measurement problem. The resulting formulation is framed entirely in terms of quantum objects. Unlike in ordinary quantum mechanics, time only plays the role of an unobservable parameter. The formulation eliminates any privileged role of the measurement process giving an objective definition of when an event occurs in a system.


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    Item Type: Published Article
    Keywords: Interpretations of quantum mechanics; decoherence.
    Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
    Depositing User: Jorge Pullin
    Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2013 03:25
    Last Modified: 09 Aug 2013 03:25
    Item ID: 9927
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
    DOI or Unique Handle.: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.10.002
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9927

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