On the Potential of Microtubules for Scalable Quantum Computation
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arXiv:2505.20364v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We examine the quantum coherence properties of tubulin heterodimers arranged into the protofilaments of cytoskeletal microtubules. In the physical model proposed by the authors, the microtubule interiors are treated as high-Q quantum electrodynamics (QED) cavities that can support decoherence-resistant entangled states under physiological c
From Heisenberg and Schr\”odinger to the P vs. NP Problem
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 7d
arXiv:2511.07502v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This essay offers an epistemological reinterpretation of the foundational divide between matrix mechanics and wave mechanics. Though formally equivalent, the two theories embody distinct modes of knowing: procedural construction and recognitional verification. These epistemic architectures anticipate, in philosophical form, the logical asymmetry
Zeno’s paradox and black hole information loss problem
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 7d
arXiv:2511.10106v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We develop a conceptual parallel between the black hole information problem and Zeno’s paradox, highlighting the role of limiting procedures that turn formally infinite constructions into finite physical observables. Building on the replica–wormhole paradigm, we move beyond unitarity restoration to formulate a quantitative notion of irreversibilit
We Have Never Been Sophisticated
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 7d
arXiv:2511.10549v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many philosophers of physics maintain that a physical theory that exhibits (certain kinds of) symmetries is flawed, on the grounds that such theories posit “excess structure”. In an influential paper, Dewar [2019, “Sophistication about Symmetries”, \emph{Brit. J. Phil. Sci.} \textbf{70}: 485-521] introduces a distinction between “reduction” and “soph
Blurred orbits and blurred particles: Heisenberg’s 1926 helium atom
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 3d
arXiv:2504.04116v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This work analyses the extent to which the “blurred orbits” of the current model for the atom, drafted by Heisenberg in 1926, fits the image of a bunch of wandering electrons around a nucleus. We will deal with early appearances of the concept of indistinguishable particles within the frame of quantum mechanics. There are few studies on the use o
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arXiv:2511.12015v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This work analyses the 1921 article by Erich Bessel-Hagen entitled \”Uber die Erhaltungss\”atze der Elektrodynamik (“On the conservation laws of electrodynamics”). The article is based on Noether’s theorems, which were formulated by Emmy Noether in 1918 and concern consequences of symmetries of actions, including conservation laws. Bessel-Hagen first
Dark Matter Realism: How Referential Semantics Restricts Realism in Contemporary Fundamental Physics
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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 1d
arXiv:2511.15484v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Philosophers increasingly treat semantics as decisive for realism about dark matter. In this paper, I consider a recent proposal from Vaynberg (2024) anchored in the causal-descriptive theory of reference from Psillos (1999, 2012). I argue that the application of Psillos’ general scientific realist framework in the local context of dark matter is mis
Global Gauge Symmetry Breaking in the Abelian Higgs Mechanism
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Borsboom, Silvester and De Haro, Sebastian (2025) . [Preprint]
Dark Matter Realism: How Referential Semantics Restricts Realism in Contemporary Fundamental Physics
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Allzén, Simon (2025) . [Preprint]
On the action principle as a guide to substantive general covariance
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Struyve, Ward (2025) . [Preprint]
Against Spacetime Substance: A Relational Interpretation of General Relativity
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Owino, Benjamin (2025) . [Preprint]
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