Decision at the beam-splitter, or decision at detection, that is the question

2012/04/26 by Antoine Suárez, Antoine Suarez, Suarez, Antoine
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #physics.hist-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1204.5848

4 pages, 1 figure

openalex publication_date 2012/04/26 · arxiv created 2013/04/15 · arxiv updated 2013/04/16 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

I argue that nonlocal decision of the outcomes at detection excludes any alternative theory to quantum mechanics: Not all that matters for the results of physical experiments is content in space-time, but all that is in space-time is accessible to observation.

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