Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (1)

Why the Empirical Study of Non-Philosophical Expertise Does Not Undermine the Status of Philosophical Expertise

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Bach, Theodore (2019) Why the Empirical Study of Non-Philosophical Expertise Does Not Undermine the Status of Philosophical Expertise. Erkenntnis, 86 (4). pp. 999-1023.

Constructive Axiomatics in Spacetime Physics Part I: Walkthrough to the Ehlers-Pirani-Schild Axiomatisation

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Linnemann, Niels and Read, James (2021) Constructive Axiomatics in Spacetime Physics Part I: Walkthrough to the Ehlers-Pirani-Schild Axiomatisation. [Preprint]

Time Division Multiverse: A New Picture of Quantum Reality

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Gao, Shan (2021) Time Division Multiverse: A New Picture of Quantum Reality. [Preprint]

Quantum Simulation of Open Quantum Systems Using a Unitary Decomposition of Operators

2021年12月29日 星期三 下午6:00|Anthony W. Schlimgen, Kade Head-Marsden, LeeAnn M. Sager, Prineha Narang, and David A. Mazziotti|PRL: General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Author(s): Anthony W. Schlimgen, Kade Head-Marsden, LeeAnn M. Sager, Prineha Narang, and David A. Mazziotti

Electron transport in realistic physical and chemical systems often involves the nontrivial exchange of energy with a large environment, requiring the definition and treatment of open quantum systems. Because the time evolution of an open quantum system employs a nonunitary operator, the simulation …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 270503] Published Wed Dec 29, 2021

Dark Matter Realism

2021年12月28日 星期二 下午12:58|Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited.

Martens, Niels C.M. (2022) Dark Matter Realism. Foundations of Physics, 52 (1). ISSN 0015-9018

Quantum Gravity at Low Energies

2021年12月28日 星期二 下午12:57|Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited.

Wallace, David (2021) Quantum Gravity at Low Energies. [Preprint]

Stating structural realism: mathematics-first approaches to physics and metaphysics

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Wallace, David (2021) Stating structural realism: mathematics-first approaches to physics and metaphysics. [Preprint]

Analogy and Composition in Early Nineteenth-Century Chemistry: The Case of Aluminium

2021年12月28日 星期二 下午12:55|Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited.

Hijmans, Sarah (2021) Analogy and Composition in Early Nineteenth-Century Chemistry: The Case of Aluminium. [Preprint

No Preferred Reference Frame at the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics

William Stuckey , Timothy McDevitt and Michael Silberstein

Quantum information theorists have created axiomatic reconstructions of quantum mechanics (QM) that are very successful at identifying precisely what distinguishes quantum probability theory from classical and more general probability theories in terms of information-theoretic principles. Herein, we show how one such principle, Information Invariance and Continuity, at the foundation of those axiomatic reconstructions, maps to “no preferred reference frame” (NPRF, aka “the relativity principle”) as it pertains to the invariant measurement of Planck’s constant h for Stern-Gerlach (SG) spin measurements. This is in exact analogy to the relativity principle as it pertains to the invariant measurement of the speed of light c at the foundation of special relativity (SR). Essentially, quantum information theorists have extended Einstein’s use of NPRF from the boost invariance of measurements of c to include the SO(3) invariance of measurements of h between different reference frames of mutually complementary spin measurements via the principle of Information Invariance and Continuity. Consequently, the “mystery” of the Bell states is understood to result from conservation per Information Invariance and Continuity between different reference frames of mutually complementary qubit measurements, and this maps to conservation per NPRF in spacetime. If one falsely conflates the relativity principle with the classical theory of SR, then it may seem impossible that the relativity principle resides at the foundation of non-relativisitic QM. In fact, there is nothing inherently classical or quantum about NPRF. Thus, the axiomatic reconstructions of QM have succeeded in producing a principle account of QM that reveals as much about Nature as the postulates of SR.

A No-go Theorem for Psi-anomic Models under the Restricted Ontic Indifference Assumption

Aurelien Drezet

We address the question of whether a non-nomological (i.e., anomic) interpretation of the wavefunction is compatible with the quantum formalism. After clarifying the distinction between ontic, epistemic, nomic and anomic models we focus our attention on two famous no-go theorems due to Pusey, Barrett, and Rudolph (PBR) on the one side and Hardy on the other side which forbid the existence of anomic-epistemic models. Moreover, we demonstrate that the so called restricted ontic indifference introduced by Hardy induces new constraints. We show that after modifications the Hardy theorem actually rules out all anomic models of the wavefunction assuming only restricted ontic indifference and preparation independence.

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