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View SchemaIrreversibility in Collapse-Free Quantum Dynamics and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
| Authors | M. B. Weissman |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0605031 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0605031 |
Abstract
Proposals to solve the problems of quantum measurement via non-linear CPT-violating modifications of quantum dynamics are argued to provide a possible fundamental explanation for the irreversibility of statistical mechanics as well. The argument is expressed in terms of collapse-free accounts. The reverse picture, in which statistical irreversibility generates quantum irreversibility, is argued to be less satisfactory because it leaves the Born probability rule unexplained.
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