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

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.

List of contents

Non-locality, Communication, and Entanglement.- Einstein locality.- Bell locality.- Communication.- Non-locality.- Entanglement.- Causation, Imprecision, and Indefiniteness.- Probability.- Causation.- Indeterminacy.- Imprecision.- Indefiniteness.- Individuals, Parts, and Wholes.- Potentiality.- Discernibility.- Individuation.- Persistence.- Parts and wholes.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Gregg Jaeger
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783642448393
• ISBN: 978-3-642-44839-3
• No. of pages: 203
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 235 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 338 g
• Illustrations: XI, 203 p.
• Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics; Fundamental Theories of Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Physik, B, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, Materialwissenschaft, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Physics, Quantum Physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Physics and Astronomy, Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Philosophy and science, Quantum computers, Spintronics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics