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Spontaneous Unitarity Violation and Quantum State Reduction

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02125v1
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:29:30 GMT
Title: Spontaneous Unitarity Violation and Quantum State Reduction
Authors: Dakshansh Chawda,
Abstract summary: Recent developments in models of spontaneous unitarity violation (SUV) propose that quantum state reduction can emerge as a thermodynamic phenomenon. This paper investigates the philosophical implications of SUV in relation to the nature of probabilities in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics.
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Abstract: One of the central foundational problems in quantum mechanics is the inability of Schr\"odinger's unitary time evolution to describe measurement of a quantum state. Recent developments in models of spontaneous unitarity violation (SUV) propose that quantum state reduction can emerge as a thermodynamic phenomenon, offering a natural resolution to the measurement problem. This paper investigates the philosophical implications of SUV in relation to the nature of probabilities in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. It provides an alternate interpretation of probabilities in quantum mechanics that aligns with (and improves upon) the arguments of the propensity interpretation of probabilities.

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