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arXiv:2008.09500 · Institute of Physics eBooks

Black hole interpretation of quantum mechanics

Badis Ydri

Published Oct 1, 2021• 1 citation
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Abstract

Parallels between the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and the black hole information loss problem in quantum gravity are exhibited and then the attempted resolution of the latter in terms of the gauge/gravity duality is extended to the former.
DOI
10.1088/978-0-7503-2600-1ch5

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