Open-system analogy of Berry conjecture
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arXiv:2509.14644v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Berry conjecture is central to understanding quantum chaos in isolated systems and foundational for the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. Here we establish an open-system analogy of the Berry conjecture, connecting quantum steady states to classical dissipative attractors in the semiclassical limit. We demonstrate that the Wigner distribution of
Generation of Volume-Law Entanglement by Local-Measurement-Only Quantum Dynamics
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arXiv:2509.14329v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Repeated local measurements typically have adversarial effects on entangling unitary dynamics, as local measurements usually degrade entanglement. However, recent works on measurement-only dynamics have shown that strongly entangled states can be generated solely through non-commuting random multi-site and multi-spin projective measurements. In this
Measuring dark state number in the Tavis-Cummings model
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arXiv:2509.14313v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Quantum mechanics allows for light-matter setups that hold excitations without releasing them as light. Arising from destructive interference processes, they are best seen in a Tavis-Cummings-like setup where two-level atoms (or qubits) are placed within a lossy cavity. If the system is initialized with some qubits excited and some in the ground stat
Do animals share space? An explanation to Zeno’s paradox (of motion)
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arXiv:2503.06006v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, a solution to Zeno’s paradox of motion was offered and a possible, based on observations and empirical viewpoint, interpretation. A gedanken experiment was proposed in accordance to our empirical and experimental paradigm, offering solutions from pendular energy and geometric gravity theory, the standard view, and classical physics
A Realist Approach to Quantum Individuality: Against the “Received” and “Alternative” Views
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arXiv:2509.10680v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this work we address the contemporary debate about quantum individuality expressed as an opposition between those who, like D\’ecio Krause, defend the reference of the theory to “non-individual particles”, and those like Dennis Dieks, who propose instead to preserve the notion of “classical particle” as commonly applied by contemporary physicist
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arXiv:2509.10740v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This work aims to formalize some of the ways scientific concepts are formed in the process of theoretical physics discovery. Since this may at first seem like a task beyond the scope of the exact sciences (natural and formal sciences), we begin by presenting arguments for why scientific concept formation can be formalized. Then, we introduce type the
How to be an orthodox quantum mechanic
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arXiv:2504.20597v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This work sets out to answer a single question: what is the orthodox interpretation of quantum mechanics? However, we adopt a different approach to that normally used. Rather than surveying physicists, or poring over the precise details of the thoughts of Bohr and Heisenberg, we review a collection of 42 textbooks on quantum mechanics, enco
James Burkett Hartle: a Biographical Memoir
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arXiv:2509.14288v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: James Burkett Hartle was a theoretical physicist who made major contributions to our understanding of relativistic stars, black holes, and cosmology. Most of his career, however, was devoted to studying the universe as a quantum system. As a result, he was known as the father of quantum cosmology. He is best known for two seminal papers with Stephe
Gauge symmetry and the arrow of time: How to count what counts
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arXiv:2509.14720v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This thesis addresses two major problems in the philosophy of physics. The first is how to identify the minimal physical content of a theory; that is, what features of a theory are truly needed to make predictions, and what can be removed without changing its empirical consequences. The second is the problem of time’s arrow: why time seems to have a
Why we love pictures (for the wrong reasons): A lesson from the picture of a black hole
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Sartori, Lorenzo (2025) . Philosophy of Science.
Einstein’s Hidden Scaffolding, with a Glance at Poincaré
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Weinstein, Galina (2025) . [Preprint]
Convergences and Divergences: Einstein, Poincaré, and Special Relativity
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Weinstein, Galina (2025) . [Preprint]
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Meadows, Toby (2024) . [Preprint]
Against Presentist Velocities: Response to Gijsbers, ‘Presentist Velocities’
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Jacobs, Caspar (2025) . BJPS Letters to the Editors.
Rethinking Holism and Underdetermination
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Boge, Florian J. (2025) . [Preprint]
Everettian chance in no uncertain terms
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Steeger, Jer and Read, James (2025) . [Preprint]
Review of “Does Quantum Information Require Additional Structure?”, by Ryszard Horodecki
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Read, James (2025) . [Preprint]
Scientific Progress and Modern Cosmology
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Dürr, Patrick and Dellsén, Finnur (2025) . [Preprint]
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Farr, Matt (2025) . [Preprint]
Bell Meets General Philosophers of Science : Reassessing Measurement Independence
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Kitajima, Yuichiro (2025) . [Preprint]
Kinematical Equivalence and Cosmic Conspiracies
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Jacobs, Caspar and March, Eleanor (2025) . [Preprint]
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