Do We Understand Quantum Mechanics - Finally?
Quantum Physics
2012-03-19 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
After some historical remarks concerning Schroedinger's discovery of wave mechanics, we present a unified formalism for the mathematical description of classical and quantum-mechanical systems, utilizing elements of the theory of operator algebras. We then review some basic aspects of quantum mechanics and, in particular, of its interpretation. We attempt to clarify what Quantum Mechanics tells us about Nature when appropriate experiments are made. We discuss the importance of the mechanisms of "dephasing" and "decoherence" in associating "facts" with possible events and rendering complementary possible events mutually exclusive.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.3678,
title = {Do We Understand Quantum Mechanics - Finally?},
author = {Juerg Froehlich and Baptiste Schubnel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3678},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
42 pages, contribution to the Proceedings of a conference in memory of Erwin Schroedinger, Vienna, January 2011