De Bianchi, Silvia and Szapudi, István (2024) Achronotopic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Quantum objects and their measurement in emergent space-time scenarios. [Preprint]
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In conceptual debates involving the quantum gravity community, the literature discusses the so-called “emergence of space-time”. However, which interpretation of quantum mechanics could be coherent with such claim? We show that a modification of the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics is compatible with the claim that space-time is emergent for the macroscopic world of measurements. In other words, pure quantum states do not admit space-time properties until we measure them. We call this approach “Achronotopic” (ACT) Interpretation of quantum mechanics, which yields a simple and natural interpretation of the most puzzling aspects of quantum mechanics, such as particle-wave duality, wave function collapse, entanglement, and quantum superposition. Our interpretation yields the same results in all measurements as the Copenhagen Interpretation, but provides clues toward the sub-Planckian physics. In particular, it suggests the non-existence of quantum gravity in the conventional sense understood as the quantization of a classical theory.
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| Keywords: | Quantum mechanics, spacetime emergence, measurement, quantum gravity | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Silvia De Bianchi | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2024 13:21 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 13:21 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 24345 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | May 2024 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24345 |
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