A top-down versus a bottom-up hidden-variables description of the Stern-Gerlach experiment
Quantum Physics
2016-12-21 v2
Abstract
We employ the Stern-Gerlach experiment to highlight the basics of a minimalist, non-interpretational top-down approach to quantum foundations. Certain benefits of the here highlighted "quantum structural studies" are detected and discussed. While the top-down approach can be described without making any reference to the fundamental structure of a closed system, the hidden variables theory ?a la Bohm proves to be more subtle than it is typically regarded.
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@article{arxiv.1601.05555,
title = {A top-down versus a bottom-up hidden-variables description of the Stern-Gerlach experiment},
author = {M. Arsenijevic and J. Jeknic-Dugic and M. Dugic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.05555},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Book chapter in 'Quantum Structural Studies: Classical Emergence from the Quantum Level', eds. R. E. Kastner, J. Jeknic-Dugic and G. Jaroszkiewicz (World Scientific)