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An axiomatic formulation of the Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2012-02-13 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

We make a first attempt to axiomatically formulate the Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics. In this interpretation environmental decoherence is supplemented with loss of coherence due to the use of realistic clocks to measure time to solve the measurement problem. The resulting formulation is framed entirely in terms of quantum objects without having to invoke the existence of measurable classical quantities like the time in ordinary quantum mechanics. The formulation eliminates any privileged role to the measurement process giving an objective definition of when an event occurs in a system.

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@article{arxiv.1002.4209,
  title  = {An axiomatic formulation of the Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics},
  author = {Rodolfo Gambini and Luis Pedro Garcia-Pintos and Jorge Pullin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.4209},
  year   = {2012}
}

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21 pages, RevTex, final version to appear in Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics