Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy

Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Nino Zanghì (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XVIII, 286 Seiten

2014 | 2013
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-43377-1 (ISBN)

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It has often been claimed that without drastic conceptual innovations a genuine explanation of quantum interference effects and quantum randomness is impossible. This book concerns Bohmian mechanics, a simple particle theory that is a counterexample to such claims. The gentle introduction and other contributions collected here show how the phenomena of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to non-commuting observables, emerge from the Bohmian motion of particles, the natural particle motion associated with Schrödinger's equation. This book will be of value to all students and researchers in physics with an interest in the meaning of quantum theory as well as to philosophers of science.

Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty.- Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory.- Quantum Philosophy: The Flight from Reason in Science.- Seven Steps Towards the Classical World.- On the Quantum Probability Flux Through Surfaces.- On the Weak Measurement of Velocity in Bohmian Mechanics.- Topological Factors Derived From Bohmian Mechanics.- Hypersurface Bohm-Dirac Models.- Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory.- Quantum Spacetime Without Observers.- Reality and the Role of the Wave Function in Quantum Theory.

From the book reviews:

"It is a book about an objective quantum description of nature and about quantum physics without quantum philosophy. ... The book is divided into three parts. ... The book is a self-contained presentation of the theory, accessible to mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers of physics with some basic knowledge of quantum mechanics." (Andrew Bucki, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2014)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.12.2014
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 286 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	468 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte	bohmian mechanics • de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory • Foundations of Physics • Foundations of quantum mechanics • interpretion of quantum mechanics • Philosophy of Physics • philosophy of probability • Philosophy of quantum mechanics • philosophy of science • theoretical physics
ISBN-10	3-642-43377-4 / 3642433774
ISBN-13	978-3-642-43377-1 / 9783642433771
Zustand	Neuware