Quantum objects non-local correlation, causality and objective indefiniteness in the quantum world Gregg Jaeger

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaeger, Gregg, author.

Series:

Fundamental theories of physics v. 175

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Quantum Theory.

Medical Subjects:

Quantum Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Berlin Springer [2013?]

Summary:

This monograph identifiesthe essential characteristics of the objects described by current quantum theoryand considers their relationship to space-time. In the process, it explicates the senses in which quantum objects may be consistently considered to have parts of which they may be composed or into which they may be decomposed. The book also demonstrates the degree to which reduction is possible in quantum mechanics, showing it to be related to the objective indefiniteness of quantum properties and the strong non-local correlations that can occur betweenthephysical quantities of quantum subsystems. Careful attention is paid to the relationships among such property correlations, physical causation, probability, and symmetry in quantum theory. In this way, the text identifies and clarifies the conceptual grounds underlying the unique nature of many quantum phenomena

Contents:

Non-locality, Communication, and Entanglement

Einstein locality

Bell locality

Communication

Non-locality

Entanglement

Causation, Imprecision, and Indefiniteness

Probability

Causation

Indeterminacy

Imprecision

Indefiniteness

Individuals, Parts, and Wholes

Potentiality

Discernibility

Individuation

Persistence

Parts and wholes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Print version Jaeger, Gregg. Quantum objects

ISBN:

9783642376290

3642376290

OCLC:

857715569

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