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View SchemaOn the Concept of Quantum State Reduction: Inconsistency of the Orthodox View
| Authors | Masanao Ozawa |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9802022 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9802022 |
| DOI | 10.4288/jafpos1956.11.107 |
| Journal | Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science 11 (2), 107-121 (2003) |
Abstract
The argument is re-examined that the program of deriving the rule of state reduction from the Schroedinger equation holding for the object-apparatus composite system falls into a vicious circle or an infinite regress called the von Neumann chain. It is shown that this argument suffers from a serious physical inconsistency concerning the causality between the reading of the outcome and the state reduction. A consistent argument which accomplishes the above program without falling into the circular argument is presented.
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