Collapse of the Wave Function

Collapse of the Wave Function
Author: Shan Gao
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2018-04-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108428983

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An overview of the collapse theories of quantum mechanics. Written by distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, it discusses the origin and implications of wave-function collapse, the controversies around collapse models and their ontologies, and new arguments for the reality of wave function collapse.

The Meaning of the Wave Function

The Meaning of the Wave Function
Author: Shan Gao
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107124352

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Covering much of the recent debate, this ambitious text provides new, decisive proof of the reality of the wave function.

Collapse of the Wave Function

Collapse of the Wave Function
Author: Shan Gao
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2018-04-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108562973

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This is the first single volume about the collapse theories of quantum mechanics, which is becoming a very active field of research in both physics and philosophy. In standard quantum mechanics, it is postulated that when the wave function of a quantum system is measured, it no longer follows the Schrödinger equation, but instantaneously and randomly collapses to one of the wave functions that correspond to definite measurement results. However, why and how a definite measurement result appears is unknown. A promising solution to this problem are collapse theories in which the collapse of the wave function is spontaneous and dynamical. Chapters written by distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics discuss the origin and implications of wave-function collapse, the controversies around collapse models and their ontologies, and new arguments for the reality of wave function collapse. This is an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in the philosophy of physics and foundations of quantum mechanics.

Do Wave Functions Jump?

Do Wave Functions Jump?
Author: Valia Allori
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2020-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030467775

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This book is a tribute to the scientific legacy of GianCarlo Ghirardi, who was one of the most influential scientists in the field of modern foundations of quantum theory. In this appraisal, contributions from friends, collaborators and colleagues reflect the influence of his world of thoughts on theory, experiments and philosophy, while also offering prospects for future research in the foundations of quantum physics. The themes of the contributions revolve around the physical reality of the wave function and its notorious collapse, randomness, relativity and experiments.

Collective Electrodynamics

Collective Electrodynamics
Author: Carver A. Mead
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2002-07-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780262632607

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In this book Carver Mead offers a radically new approach to the standard problems of electromagnetic theory. Motivated by the belief that the goal of scientific research should be the simplification and unification of knowledge, he describes a new way of doing electrodynamics—collective electrodynamics—that does not rely on Maxwell's equations, but rather uses the quantum nature of matter as its sole basis. Collective electrodynamics is a way of looking at how electrons interact, based on experiments that tell us about the electrons directly. (As Mead points out, Maxwell had no access to these experiments.) The results Mead derives for standard electromagnetic problems are identical to those found in any text. Collective electrodynamics reveals, however, that quantities that we usually think of as being very different are, in fact, the same—that electromagnetic phenomena are simple and direct manifestations of quantum phenomena. Mead views his approach as a first step toward reformulating quantum concepts in a clear and comprehensible manner. The book is divided into five sections: magnetic interaction of steady currents, propagating waves, electromagnetic energy, radiation in free space, and electromagnetic interaction of atoms. In an engaging preface, Mead tells how his approach to electromagnetic theory was inspired by his interaction with Richard Feynman.

Einstein's Intuition

Einstein's Intuition
Author: Thad Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2015-12-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996394246

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Presented in clear and accessible language with wonderfully supportive graphics, Roberts offers the reader a voyage through the development of human knowledge. He then examines the outstanding mysteries of modern physics-the phenomena that lie outside the boarders of our current understanding (dark energy, dark matter, the Big Bang, wave-particle duality, quantum tunneling, state vector reduction, etc.) and suggests that the next step in our intellectual journey is to treat the vacuum of space as a superfluid-modeling it as being composed of interactive quanta, which, in a self similar way, are composed of subquanta, and so on. With this proposition Roberts engenders the vacuum with fractal geometry, and opens the door to explaining the outstanding mysteries of physics geometrically. Roberts' model, called quantum space theory, has been praised for how it offers an intuitively accessible picture of eleven-dimensions and for powerfully extending the insight of general relativity, eloquently translating the four forces into unique kinds of geometric distortions, while offering underlying deterministic dynamics that give rise to quantum mechanics. That remarkably simple picture explains the mysteries of modern physics in a way that is fully commensurate with Einstein's intuition. It is a refreshingly unique perspective that generates several testable predictions. "This work is mathematically beautiful and scientifically priceless, and the kicker is that it comes with a vivid and satisfying picture." Chris J. Wilshaw "This book fundamentally changed my understanding of our universe." Matt Emmi

Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?

Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?
Author: Franck Laloë
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 110702501X

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Gives an overview of the quantum theory and its main interpretations. Ideal for researchers in physics and mathematics.

The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
Author: Catherine Sulem
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2007-06-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387227687

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Filling the gap between the mathematical literature and applications to domains, the authors have chosen to address the problem of wave collapse by several methods ranging from rigorous mathematical analysis to formal aymptotic expansions and numerical simulations.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
Author: Paul Arthur Schilpp
Publisher: M J F Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781567314328

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Selected Scientific Papers of Sir Rudolf Peierls

Selected Scientific Papers of Sir Rudolf Peierls
Author: Rudolf Ernst Peierls
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 836
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810226930

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This book is a collection of the major scientific papers of Sir Rudolf Peierls (1907-95), including the Peierls-Frisch Memoranda of 1940 on the feasibility, and the predicted human effects, of an atomic bomb made of uranium-235. His papers range widely in topic. They include much on the fundamentals of solid state physics, the thermal and electric conductivity of materials as a function of temperature T (especially T→0), the interpretation of the de Haas-van Alphen effect observed for a metal in a magnetic field, and the basics of transport theory. Many are on problems in statistical mechanics, including his constructive paper demonstrating the existence of a phase transition for Ising's model for a two-dimensional ferromagnet. In nuclear physics, they include the first calculations (with Bethe) on the photo-disintegration of the deuteron (made in response to a challenge by Chadwick), the Kapur-Peierls theory of resonance phenomena in nuclear reactions, the Bohr-Peierls-Placzek continuum model for complex nuclei (which first explained the narrow resonances observed for low energy neutrons incident on very heavy nuclei), and the Peierls-Thouless variational approach to collective phenomena in nuclei. Several of Peierls's wartime papers, now declassified, are here published for the first time.Brief commentaries on most of the papers in this book were added by Peierls, to indicate subsequent developments and their relationship with other work, or to correct errors found later on. A complete bibliography of his writings is given as an appendix.