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Quantum Theory Needs No ‘Interpretation’
Christopher A. Fuchs,Asher Peres +1 more
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In this article, the authors stress the fact that quantum theory does not need an interpretation other than being an algorithm for computing probabilities associated with macroscopic phenomena and measurements, and the wave function is not objective entity, it only gives the evolution of our probabilities for the outcomes potential experiments.Abstract:
Purpose of this article is to stress the fact that Quantum Theory does not need an interpretation other than being an algorithm for computing probabilities associated with macroscopic phenomena and measurements. It does not ''describ'' reality, and the wave function is not objective entity, it only gives the evolution of our probabilities for the outcomes potential experiments. (AIP) (c)read more
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Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that many of the symptoms of classicality can be induced in quantum systems by their environments, which leads to environment-induced superselection or einselection, a quantum process associated with selective loss of information.
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Quantum Information and Relativity Theory
Asher Peres,Daniel R. Terno +1 more
TL;DR: In particular, when black holes (or more generally, event horizons) are involved most of the current concepts in quantum information theory may then require a reassessment as discussed by the authors, in particular when black hole horizons are involved.
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Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical—Revisited
TL;DR: The environment surrounding a quantum system can, in effect, monitor some of the systems observables, and the eigen states of these observables continuously decohere and can behave like classical states as mentioned in this paper.
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Quantum Mechanics as Quantum Information (and only a little more)
TL;DR: In this regard, no tool appears better calibrated for a direct assault than quantum information theory as discussed by the authors, and this method holds promise precisely because a large part of the structure of quantum theory has always concerned information.
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Quantum probabilities as Bayesian probabilities
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the distinction between classical and quantum probabilities lies not in their definition, but in the nature of the information they encode, and that any Bayesian probability assignment in quantum mechanics must have the form of the quantum probability rule.
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Is quantum theory universally valid
Asher Peres,W. H. Zurek +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the problem of quantum theory not being able to completely describe the measurement process is not a flaw of the theory but a logical necessity which is analogous to Godel's undecidability theorem.