New Perspectives on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Mechanics: Theory of Measurement Macroscopic Interpretability of Quantum Subsystems Objective Background for Quantum Theory Operational Probability Theory (OPT) and Conditional Probabilities Entanglement and Non-Locality Wave-Particle Duality, Double Slit Experiments Complementarity Operational Definition of Observables Simulation of Quantum Features De Broglie-Bohm Model Interdisciplinary Issues: Parastatistics in Econophysics Propositions in Classical and Quantum Physics Statistical Criticism of the Double Slit Experiment Chemical Valence as Relational Property Quantum Computer View (QCV) at the Planck Scale Historical, Philosophical and Epistemological Inquiries: The First Steps of Quantum Electrodynamics Electromagnetism and Quantum Physics Mathematics and Epistemology in Planck's Work Logic and Mathematics in Heisenberg's Formulation Reality and Nanotechnologies Non-Empirically Decidable Properties in Modern Physics Computability of Physical Theories Entrance of Quantum Mechanics in Italy Gramsci and Quantum Mechanics Italic Tradition on the Question of Physical Objectivity.
New Perspectives on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Mechanics: Theory of Measurement Macroscopic Interpretability of Quantum Subsystems Objective Background for Quantum Theory Operational Probability Theory (OPT) and Conditional Probabilities Entanglement and Non-Locality Wave-Particle Duality, Double Slit Experiments Complementarity Operational Definition of Observables Simulation of Quantum Features De Broglie-Bohm Model Interdisciplinary Issues: Parastatistics in Econophysics Propositions in Classical and Quantum Physics Statistical Criticism of the Double Slit Experiment Chemical Valence as Relational Property Quantum Computer View (QCV) at the Planck Scale Historical, Philosophical and Epistemological Inquiries: The First Steps of Quantum Electrodynamics Electromagnetism and Quantum Physics Mathematics and Epistemology in Planck's Work Logic and Mathematics in Heisenberg's Formulation Reality and Nanotechnologies Non-Empirically Decidable Properties in Modern Physics Computability of Physical Theories Entrance of Quantum Mechanics in Italy Gramsci and Quantum Mechanics Italic Tradition on the Question of Physical Objectivity.
Kaons and Bell's inequality, A. Afriat an outline of an interpretation of quantum mechanics, G. Auletta classical limit - localization induced by noise, P. Blanchard et al quantum mechanics - the real and the possible, G. Boscarino on the decoherence of a free semiclassical positronium, B. Carazza quantum mechanics without waves, M. Cini natural kinds and concepts of physics, V. Fano is quantum mechanics contextual? C. Garola the evolution of the concept of correlation function in the researches on Einstein locality, A. Garuccio objective quantum description of macroscopic system, L. Lanz Bell inequalities and correlation experiments - a purely particle statistical investigation, M. Minozzo random path interpretation of quantum mechanics, M. Roncadelli information and state correlations from classical to quantum physics - the foundations issue, A. Rossi physical meaning of Bell type inequalities, F. Selleri. (Part contents)
This conference brought together experts in different fields related to the foundations of quantum mechanics, ranging from mathematical physics to experimental physics, as well as the philosophy of science. The major topics discussed are: collapse models, Bohemian mechanics and their relativistic extensions, other alternative formulation of quantum mechanics, properties of entanglement, statistical physics and probability theory, new experimental results, as well as philosophical and epistemological issues.
Opening Remarks.- Imagery, Probability and the Roots of Werner Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Paper.- Against An Exposition of Bell's Theorem.- Wave-Particle Duality: A Case Study.- Sein Kann Was Nicht Sein Darf, Or the Prehistory of the EPR, 1909-1935: Einstein's Early Worries About the Quantum Mechanics of Composite Systems.- to Two-Particle Interferometry.- A New View on the Uncertainty Principle.- Measurement Problems in Quantum Field Theory in the 1930's.- On the Collapse of the Wave Function.- Old and New Ideas in the Theory of Quantum Measurement.- Toward a Relativistic Theory of Statevector Reduction.- The Breakdown of the Superposition Principle.- Mathematical and Philosophical Questions in the Theory of Open and Macroscopic Quantum Systems.- Induced Nonlinear Time Evolution of Open Quantum Objects.- Quantum Logic: A Summary of Some Issues.- Remarks on the Measurement of Discrete Physical Quantities.- Some Comments and Reflections.- Invited Lecturers.
Open realism, B. d'Espagnat quantum mechanics and objectivity - an analysis of some paradoxes, A. Peres non-locality and wave-packet reduction in optical experiments - physical and philosophical issues in the Bohr-Einstein debate, A. Shimony actualization perception and reality - an epistemological approach based on psychological analysis - a draft, K. Rainio do we need an introvert physics?, E. Huhmar quantum theory of measurement - a review, P. Lahti the archetypal hypothesis of Wolfgang Pauli and C.G. Junge - origins, development and implications, C.R. Card Wolfgang Pauli between quantum reality and the royal path of dreams, C.P. Enz Einstein, Bohr, Pauli and the principle of individuation, H. van Erkelens the role of the Copenhagen interpretation today - quantum mechanics and realism, remarks on physics and the psyche, K.V. Laurikainen the Cartesian cut, the Heisenberg cut, dressed objects, and detached observers, H. Primas mind, matter, and Pauli, H. Stapp a possible explanation for the quantum structure, D. Aerts the observer in the age of man - from Laplace's demon to Wigner's friend, F. Borg universal gravitational interaction and the (non)-measurability of physical field quantities, on a new type of uncertainty relations in quantum general relativity, H-H. v. Borzeskowski non-detachability of language and the Pauli-Bohr dialogue, L. Lofgren quantum mechanics as a continuous theory of discrete processes, P. Sibelius.
The Italian Debate on Quantum Paradoxes.- 1. The Epistemological Roots of Quantum Paradoxes.- Waves, Particles and Complementarity.- Chance: Chaos or Logic?.- Some Critical Considerations on the Present Epistemological and Scientific Debate on Quantum Mechanics.- 2. Einstein Locauty, Separable Reality, and Quantum Correlations.- Physical Consequences of Reality Criteria for Quantum Phenomena.- Possible Link Between EPR Paradox and Waves.- A Criticism of Some Recently Proposed Models that Violate the Bell Inequality.- A Phenomenological Analysis of the EPR Argument.- 3. Causal and Deterministic Interpretations of Quantum Formausm.- Causal versus Orthodox Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.- Perspectives of Physical Determinism.- Determinism, Separability, and Quantum Mechanics.- 4. Quantum Theory and Gravitation.- Can Singularities and Multidimensional Spaces Influence the Evolution of Quantum Mechanical Systems?.- Subquantum Mechanics and Graviton Blas.- 5. Logic and Probability in Quantum Mechanics.- Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. A Quantum Probabilistic Approach.- On the Adequacy of a Nonclassical Logic for Quantum Theory.- Remarks on the Hypothesis of Hidden Variables.- 6. Historical Developments of the Einstein-Bohr Controversy.- Historical Considerations on the Conceptual Experiment by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen.- Continuity and Discontinuity: The Einstein-Bohr Conflict of Ideas and the Bohr-Fock Discussion.- How Italian Philosophy Reacted to the Advent of Quantum Mechanics in the Thirties.- Italian Studies in the Foundations of Quantum Physics. A Bibliography (1965-1985).
Quantum Measurements.- Quantum mechanics of macroscopic systems and measurement processes.- The haunted measurement in quantum theory.- A quantum-statistical model of quantum measurement.- Potential and real states in quantum mechanics.- Wave function collapse in the ensemble interpretation.- Nonlinear models for quantum-mechanical measurements.- Meaning and measurability of nonlocal quantum states.- New Developments of Quantum Theory.- The mathematical expression of the uncertainty principle.- Quantization of Hamiltonian theories based on a probability operator.- Classical to quantum: A generalized phase transition.- Quantum description of microscopic and microscopic systems: Old problems and recent investigations.- Towards a process formalism in quantum physics.- A generalized Schroedinger formalism from a Hamiltonian flow in a higher dimensional space.- How the nonlinear phenomena impose the reinterpretation of quantum mechanics.- On the equivalence between the superposition principle and a global gauge invariance.- Meanings of Quantum Theory.- The 2-photon elementary quantum phenomenon and spacetime structure.- Causality as indentified with conditional probability and the quantal nonseparability.- Realism versus positivism: An attempt at reconcilement in the Einstein-Bohr debate.- Four-dimensional realism and waves carrying physical data codedly as keys to understandable models.- Testing interpretations of quantum mechanics.- On the relation between the recent new statistical prediction of quantum mechanics by Albert, Aharonov, and D'Amato, the EPR reasoning, and Bell's Inequality.- Beyond quantum theory: A realist psycho-biological interpretation of physical reality.- Locality, causality, quantum events, and all that.- The Einstein-Bohr debate: I. The background.- Contingency and lawfulness: Conditions for encounter.- Epr Paradox: Critical Examinations.- Towards a realist theory of measurement.- The tacit postulate on single events and the comparison of classical and quantum spin correlation experiments.- Weak realism for pairs of correlated systems.- Comments on EPR, locality and reality.- The EPR and the proposal of action at a distance.- The discription of separated systems and quantum mechanics and a possible explanation for the probabilities of quantum mehanics.- Against dualism: An observation concerning non-locality.- Bell's theorem: A note on locality.- EPR paradox considered as a criticism of the statevector reduction in the quantum mechanical description of correlated separated systems.- EPR and the strange nature of the quantum state or why I can live with EPR.- Why the EPR paradox has been resolved in favor of Einstein.- Probability and the way out of the great quantum muddle.- Where lies the mistake in the clauser and Home proof of Bell's theorem?.