Does Indeterminism Give Rise to an Intrinsic Time Arrow?

2001/01/18 by Shahar Dolev, Avshalom C. Elitzur, Dolev, Shahar +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0101088

10 pages, 6 figures, Submitted to Studies in Hist. and Phil. of Mod. Phys

arxiv created 2001/01/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

In any physical theory that admits true indeterminism, the thermodynamic arrow of time can arise regardless of the system's initial conditions. Hence on such theories time's arrow emerges out of the basic physical interactions. The example of the GRW theory is studied in detail.

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