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View SchemaClassicality in Quantum Mechanics
| Authors | Olaf Dreyer |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0611076 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611076 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1742-6596/67/1/012051 |
| Journal | J.Phys.Conf.Ser.67:012051,2007 |
Abstract
In this article we propose a solution to the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. We point out that the measurement problem can be traced to an a priori notion of classicality in the formulation of quantum mechanics. If this notion of classicality is dropped and instead classicality is defined in purely quantum mechanical terms the measurement problem can be avoided. We give such a definition of classicality. It identifies classicality as a property of large quantum system. We show how the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics is a result of this notion of classicality. We also comment on what the implications of this view are for the search of a quantum theory of gravity.
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