Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (31)

A Simple Derivation of the Landauer Bound 

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philsci

Sat Aug 10 2024 01:05:56 (8 hours)

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Myrvold, Wayne C. (2024) A Simple Derivation of the Landauer Bound. [Preprint]

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The Born rule for quantum probabilities from Newton’s third law 

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S. S. Afonin

Fri Aug 09 2024 12:25:37 (20 hours)

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arXiv:2408.03941v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: I propose a simple physical answer to the old question of why probability in quantum theory is determined by the square of the wave function or amplitude.

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Black Holes, Warp Drives, and Energy Conditions 

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Remo Garattini, Kirill Zatrimaylov

Fri Aug 09 2024 12:25:26 (20 hours)

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arXiv:2408.04495v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Following the work of H. Ellis, we study warp drives in the gravitational field of a Schwarzschild black hole. We find that as long as the warp drive crosses the black hole horizon at a subluminal speed, the horizon would be effectively absent inside the warp bubble. Moreover, we discover that the black hole’s gravitational field can alleviate the violations of the weak energy condition (WEC) and the null energy condition (NEC) and therefore decrease the amount of negative energy required to sustain a warp drive, which may be instrumental for creating microscopic warp drives in lab experiments. We also consider the thermodynamics of a warp bubble interacting with a black hole and point out some paradoxes that may indicate a gap in our understanding of them from the thermodynamic point of view.

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The 1964 paper of John Bell 

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Ujjwal Sen

Fri Aug 09 2024 12:25:18 (20 hours)

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arXiv:2408.04483v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a commentary on the famous 1964 paper of John Bell that rules out the entire class of underlying hidden variable theories for quantum mechanics that are local.

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Matter waves hang in there 

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nature-physics

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Klemens Hammerer; Naceur Gaaloul

Thu Aug 08 2024 08:00:00 (2 days)

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Nature Physics, Published online: 08 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02605-xAn atom interferometer now maintains a spatial superposition state for 70 seconds, compared to few seconds in freely falling systems. This could improve measurements of the strength of gravitational fields and quantum gravity studies.

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When It Comes to the Future, Realism and Antirealism Do Make A Difference 

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Thu Aug 08 2024 03:44:11 (2 days)

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Virmajoki, Veli (2024) When It Comes to the Future, Realism and Antirealism Do Make A Difference. [Preprint]

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On Privileged Coordinates and Kleinian Methods 

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Thu Aug 08 2024 03:42:34 (2 days)

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Barrett, Thomas William and Manchak, JB (2024) On Privileged Coordinates and Kleinian Methods. [Preprint]

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The Justification Gap Problem for Theory Reduction 

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Thu Aug 08 2024 03:42:10 (2 days)

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Lorenzetti, Lorenzo (2024) The Justification Gap Problem for Theory Reduction. [Preprint]

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Einstein Against Singularities: Analysis versus Geometry 

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Thu Aug 08 2024 03:41:13 (2 days)

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Norton, John D. (2024) Einstein Against Singularities: Analysis versus Geometry. Philosophy of Physics 2(1): 13, 1–73., 2 (1). pp. 1-73.

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Why quantum correlations are shocking 

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PRA – fundamentalconcepts

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Michael J. W. Hall

Tue Aug 06 2024 18:00:00 (3 days)

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Author(s): Michael J. W. Hall

A simple minimalist argument is given for why some correlations between quantum systems boggle our classical intuition. The argument relies on two elementary physical assumptions, and recovers the standard experimentally testable Bell inequality in a form that applies equally well to correlations be…

[Phys. Rev. A 110, 022209] Published Tue Aug 06, 2024

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Causal state estimation and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle 

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Junxin Chen, Benjamin B. Lane, Su Direkci, Dhruva Ganapathy, Xinghui Yin, Nergis Mavalvala, Yanbei Chen, and Vivishek Sudhir

Mon Aug 05 2024 18:00:00 (4 days)

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Author(s): Junxin Chen, Benjamin B. Lane, Su Direkci, Dhruva Ganapathy, Xinghui Yin, Nergis Mavalvala, Yanbei Chen, and Vivishek Sudhir

The observables of a noisy quantum system can be estimated by appropriately filtering the records of their continuous measurement. Such filtering is relevant for state estimation, and if the filter is causal, also relevant for measurement-based feedback control. It is therefore imperative that a pai…

[Phys. Rev. A 110, 022207] Published Mon Aug 05, 2024

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Pure shape dynamics, self-subsisting structures, and the nature of time 

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Sun Aug 04 2024 03:43:10 (6 days)

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Vassallo, Antonio and Naranjo, Pedro (2024) Pure shape dynamics, self-subsisting structures, and the nature of time. [Preprint]

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Do the Laws of Nature Have Necessity? If Yes, Where Does It Come From? 

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Sun Aug 04 2024 03:40:28 (6 days)

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Gao, Shan (2024) Do the Laws of Nature Have Necessity? If Yes, Where Does It Come From? [Preprint]

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Bell’s Theorem Begs the Question 

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Sun Aug 04 2024 03:38:01 (6 days)

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Christian, Joy (2024) Bell’s Theorem Begs the Question. [Preprint]

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