The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat

1995/01/16 by Zvi Schreiber, Schreiber, Zvi · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #FOS: Physical sciences #Philosophy and History of Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9501014

LaTeX + 2 PostScript figures. Uses amstex and epsf.sty. Imperial College MSc dissertation

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Abstract

This MSc dissertation surveys nine interpretations of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Extensive references are given. The interpretations covered are: the orthodox interpretation, Bohr's interpretation, the idea that the mind causes collapse, hidden variables, the many-worlds interpretation, the many-minds interpretation, Bohm's interpretation and two interpretations based on decoherent histories.

Citations

• The Causality Problem in Atomic Physics
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• Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?
• Quantum tunnelling in a dissipative system
• Interpreting the many worlds interpretation
• Ueber das Gesetz der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum
• Die gegenw�rtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik
• Environment-induced superselection rules
• On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox
• Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
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