Rocha, Gustavo and Rickels, Dean and Boge, Florian J. (2021) A Brief Historical Perspective on the Consistent Histories Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. [Preprint]

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Abstract

It will be presented in this chapter a historical account of the consistent histories interpretation of quantum mechanics based on primary and secondary literature. Firstly, the formalism of the consistent histories approach will be outlined.

Secondly, the works by Robert Griffiths and Roland Omnès will be discussed. Griffiths’ seminal 1984 paper, the first physicist to have proposed a consistent-histories interpretation of quantum mechanics, followed by Omnès’ 1990 paper, were instrumental to the consistent-histories model based on Boolean logic.

Thirdly, Murray Gell-Mann and James Hartle’s steps to their own version of consistent-histories approach, motivated by a cosmological perspective, will then be described and evaluated. Gell-Mann and Hartle understood that spontaneous decoherence could path the way to a concrete physical model to Griffiths’ consistent histories.

Moreover, the collective biography of these figures will be put in the context of the role played by the Santa Fe Institute, co-founded by Gell-Mann in 1984 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Hartle is also a member of the external faculty.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Rocha, Gustavo Rodrigues Rickels, Dean Boge, Florian J. 0000-0002-1030-3393
Additional Information:	To appear in: Olival Freire Junior (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of the History of Interpretations of Quantum Physics, Oxford University Press
Keywords:	consistent histories interpretation of quantum mechanics; history of physics; philosophy of quantum mechanics; decoherence histories approach; Robert Griffiths; Roland Omnès; Murray Gell-Mann; James Hartle
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Mr Florian Boge
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2021 17:04
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2021 03:21
Item ID:	18780
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2021
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18780

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