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There is no quantum measurement problem

N. David Mermin

The idea that the collapse of a quantum state is a physical process stems from a misunderstanding of probability and the role it plays in quantum mechanics.

Physics TodayJun 1, 202232 citations

The Quantum Measurement Problem: Collapse of the Wave Function Explained

Rochelle Forrester

Jan 1, 20170 citations

Bohr, objectivity, and "our experience": À propos Mermin's note on the quantum measurement problem

Ulrich Mohrhoff

In a recent note David Mermin attributed the idea that wave function collapse is a physical process to a misunderstanding of probability and the role it plays in quantum mechanics. There are, however, further misconceptions at play, some of which are shared by Mermin himself and more generally by QBists. The main objective of the present comment on his note is to explain why I disagree with his reading of a well-known passage by Niels Bohr, in particular the ambiguity of the first-person plural he perceives in Bohr's reference to "our description of nature" and "our experience."In a recent note David Mermin attributed the idea that wave function collapse is a physical process to a misunderstanding of probability and the role it plays in quantum mechanics. There are, however, further misconceptions at play, some of which are shared by Mermin himself and more generally by QBists. The main objective of the present comment on his note is to explain why I disagree with his reading of a well-known passage by Niels Bohr, in particular the ambiguity of the first-person plural he perceives in Bohr's reference to "our description of nature" and "our experience."

arXiv:2210.13980Oct 22, 20220 citations

"Analytical and numerical study of some problems in nonlinear mechanics"

Ibtihal Mohammed ALSalem

This study deals with the topic of “Analytical and numerical study of some problems in nonlinear mechanics.” The study aimed to analyze a problem in nonlinear mechanics, which is “wave function collapse.” Which is represented by the laboratory experiment "Schrödinger's cat", the interpretations of Heisenberg and Copenhagen, and an application of the method of Lagrange's equations to explain the phenomenon of wave function collapse and the EPR paradox, and Einstein's interpretation in pure algebraic theory and his interpretation of wave collapse, in addition to the Schrödinger equation. The study concluded with a set of results, the most important of which are: that the problem Wave function collapse represents one of the measurement problems in quantum mechanics. It has been proven that it can be solved based on quantum mechanics and does not require any additional assumptions or new theories. The processes of particle creation and annihilation described based on quantum field theory play a major role in measurement processes. Decoherence theory also refers to the creation and annihilation of particles and these processes are a nonlinear consequence of quantum mechanics, in which case the wave function collapse term becomes a consequence of other statements of quantum mechanics rather than a separate assumption of quantum mechanics.This study deals with the topic of “Analytical and numerical study of some problems in nonlinear mechanics.” The study aimed to analyze a problem in nonlinear mechanics, which is “wave function collapse.” Which is represented by the laboratory experiment "Schrödinger's cat", the interpretations of Heisenberg and Copenhagen, and an application of the method of Lagrange's equations to explain the phenomenon of wave function collapse and the EPR paradox, and Einstein's interpretation in pure algebraic theory and his interpretation of wave collapse, in addition to the Schrödinger equation. The study concluded with a set of results, the most important of which are: that the problem Wave function collapse represents one of the measurement problems in quantum mechanics. It has been proven that it can be solved based on quantum mechanics and does not require any additional assumptions or new theories. The processes of particle creation and annihilation described based on quantum field theory play a major role in measurement processes. Decoherence theory also refers to the creation and annihilation of particles and these processes are a nonlinear consequence of quantum mechanics, in which case the wave function collapse term becomes a consequence of other statements of quantum mechanics rather than a separate assumption of quantum mechanics.

Mağallaẗ Al-Qirā'aẗ wa Al-Maʿrifaẗ/Mağallaẗ Al-Qirā'aẗ wa Al-MaʿrifaẗJan 1, 20240 citations

Comment on the observability of the “collapse” of the wavefunction in quantum measurements

Vladimir Hnizdo

Physics Letters AMar 1, 19871 citation

An irreversible act

Jim Baggott

Abstract If we are not persuaded of the approach to recovering causality in quantum physics through the de Broglie-Bohm theory (perhaps because, like Einstein, we think this route ‘too cheap’) or Popper’s reinterpretation of the meaning of probability, we must seek alternative solutions to the problems of quantum probability and the collapse of the wave function. Even if we choose to accept what quantum probability tells us concerning the fundamental indeterminism and acausality of the quantum world, we are still left to trouble over quantum measurement.Abstract If we are not persuaded of the approach to recovering causality in quantum physics through the de Broglie-Bohm theory (perhaps because, like Einstein, we think this route ‘too cheap’) or Popper’s reinterpretation of the meaning of probability, we must seek alternative solutions to the problems of quantum probability and the collapse of the wave function. Even if we choose to accept what quantum probability tells us concerning the fundamental indeterminism and acausality of the quantum world, we are still left to trouble over quantum measurement.

Nov 6, 20030 citations

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