Non-Locality and Modality

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Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): Kluwer Academic Pub
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Summary

Quantum theory is the most successful of all physical theories: it has a towering mathematical structure, a vast range of accurate predictions, and technological applications. Its interpretation, however, is as unsettled now as in the heroic days of Einstein and Bohr. This book focuses on quantum non-locality, the curious quantum correlations between spatially separated systems. Quantum non-locality was one subject of the debates between Einstein, Bohr and others such as Schrödinger. The topic was revived in the 1960s as a result of Bell's epoch-making theorems; since then it has been a very active research field, both theoretically and experimentally. This book contains twenty new papers by eminent researchers, who report recent developments in both the physics of the subject and its philosophy. The physics topics covered include quantum information, the unsharp (positive-operator) approach to observables, the state-space approach, and the pilot-wave theory. The philosophy papers include precise studies of Bohr's reply to the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen non-locality paradox, and of non-locality's relation to causation, probability and modality. Readership: Physicists, philosophers of science, mathematicians, graduate students and those interested in the foundations of quantum physics.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Re-Examining the Legacy of Bohr and Von Neumann
Reconsidering Bohr's Reply to EPRp. 3
Bohr on Bell: A Proposed Reading of Bohr and Its Implications for Bell's Theoremp. 19
Bell, Bohm, and von Neumann: Some Philosophical Inequalities Concerning No-go Theorems and the Axiomatic Methodp. 37
Interpreting Quantum Theory
Why Quantum Theory?p. 61
Quantum Mechanics of the Electric Charge and Its Connection with the Problem of Interpretation of Quantum Mechanicsp. 75
Signal-Locality and Subquantum Information in Deterministic Hidden-Variables Theoriesp. 81
Remarks on Space-time and Locality in Everett's Interpretationp. 105
Entanglement and Non-Locality
Is Quantum Mechanics Non-Local?p. 125
Measuring Quantum Entanglementp. 137
On Fine's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics GHZ Experimentp. 153
Locality and Reality Revisitedp. 163
Unsharp Observables
EPR-Bell Tests with Unsharp Observables and Relativistic Quantum Measurementp. 175
A Kochen-Specker Theorem for Unsharp Spin 1 Observables
The Bell Phenomenon in a Probabilistic Approachp. 205
Causationp. 195
Non-locality and Theories of Causationp. 223
On Causal Loops in the Quantum Realmp. 235
Reichenbach's Common Cause Pinciple and Quantum Correlationsp. 259
Branching Models of Epr Phenomena
Branching Space-Time, Modal Logic and the Counterfactual Conditionalp. 273
EPR-like "Funny Business" in the Theory of Branching Space-timesp. 293
Partial Indeterminism Is Enough: a Branching Analysis of Bell-type Inequalitiesp. 317
Subject Indexp. 343
Index of Namesp. 351
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