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arXiv:1402.6144 · Physical Review X

Quantum Phenomena Modeled by Interactions between Many Classical Worlds

Michael J. W. Hall, Dirk-André Deckert, Howard M. Wiseman

Published Oct 23, 2014• 88 citations
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Abstract

Researchers propose a new ``many-interacting-worlds'' theory that could explain quantum mechanics in all its strangeness. Numerical simulations reproduce wave behavior in double-slit experiments assuming as few as 40 worlds.
DOI
10.1103/physrevx.4.041013

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