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Quantum Objects: Non-Local Correlation, Causality and Objective Indefiniteness in the Quantum World

By Gregg Jaeger (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-642-37628-3, 978-3-642-37629-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-37629-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2249854 bytes)
Series
Fundamental Theories of Physics 175
Edition
1
Pages
203\212
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-30 04:14:08
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Description

This monograph identifies the essential characteristics of the objects described by current quantum theory and considers their relationship to space-time. In the process, it explicates the senses in which quantum objects may be consistently considered to have parts of which they may be composed or into which they may be decomposed. The book also demonstrates the degree to which reduction is possible in quantum mechanics, showing it to be related to the objective indefiniteness of quantum properties and the strong non-local correlations that can occur between the physical quantities of quantum subsystems. Careful attention is paid to the relationships among such property correlations, physical causation, probability, and symmetry in quantum theory. In this way, the text identifies and clarifies the conceptual grounds underlying the unique nature of many quantum phenomena.

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