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View SchemaCollapse challenge for interpretations of quantum mechanics
| Authors | Arnold Neumaier |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0505172 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505172 |
Abstract
The collapse challenge for interpretations of quantum mechanics is to build from first principles and your preferred interpretation a complete, observer-free quantum model of the described experiment (involving a photon and two screens), together with a formal analysis that completely explains the experimental result. The challenge is explained in detail, and discussed in the light of the Copenhagen interpretation and the decoherence setting.
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