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Open Questions in Quantum Physics

Invited Papers on the Foundations of Microphysics

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Gino Tarozzi

    1. Departments of Philosophy and Mathematics, University of Bologna, Italy

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  2. Alwyn Merwe

    1. Department of Physics, University of Denver, USA

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 10)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Quantum Mechanics, Reality and Separability: Physical Developments of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Realism in Quantum Mechanics and a New Version of the EPR Experiment

      • Karl Popper
      Pages 3-25

    3. Discussion

      • Gino Tarozzi, Alwyn van der Merwe
      Pages 26-32

    4. The Physical Origin of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox

      • Dirk Aerts
      Pages 33-50

    5. Does the Bell Inequality Hold for All Local Theories ?

      • Thomas D. Angelidis
      Pages 51-62

    6. Is it Possible to Save Causality and Locality in Quantum Mechanics?

      • Eftichios Bitsakis
      Pages 63-73

    7. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Experiments and Macroscopic Locality

      • K. Kraus
      Pages 75-86

    8. On the Compatibility of Local Realism with Atomic Cascade Experiments

      • T. W. Marshall, E. Santos, F. Selleri
      Pages 87-101

    9. Is the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox Demanded by Quantum Mechanics?

      • O. Piccioni, P. Bowles, C. Enscoe, R. Garland, W. Mehlhop
      Pages 103-118

    10. Infinite Wave Resolution of the EPR Paradox

      • R. D. Prosser
      Pages 119-127

    11. On Nonlocal Influences

      • C. W. Rietdijk
      Pages 129-151

    12. Einstein Locality for Individual Systems and for Statistical Ensembles

      • F. Selleri
      Pages 153-170

    13. Can Non-Detected Photons Simulate Non-Local Effects in Two-Photon Polarization Correlation Experiments ?

      • J. Six
      Pages 171-181
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About this book

Due to its extraordinary predictive power and the great generality of its mathematical structure, quantum theory is able, at least in principle, to describe all the microscopic and macroscopic properties of the physical world, from the subatomic to the cosmological level. Nevertheless, ever since the Copen­ hagen and Gottingen schools in 1927 gave it the definitive formu­ lation, now commonly known as the orthodox interpretation, the theory has suffered from very serious logical and epistemologi­ cal problems. These shortcomings were immediately pointed out by some of the principal founders themselves of quantum theory, to wit, Planck, Einstein, Ehrenfest, Schrodinger, and de Broglie, and by the philosopher Karl Popper, who assumed a position of radical criticism with regard to the standard formulation of the theory. The aim of the participants in the workshop on Open Questions in Quantum Physics, which was held in Bari (Italy), in the Department of Physics of the University, during May 1983 and whose Proceedings are collected in the present volume, accord­ ingly was to discuss the formal, the physical and the epistemo­ logical difficulties of quantum theory in the light of recent crucial developments and to propose some possible resolutions of three basic conceptual dilemmas, which are posed respectively ~: (a) the physical developments of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument and Bell's theorem, i. e.

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`Even a physicist or philosopher of physics who does not subscribe to the realistic interpretation of quantum mechanics will find the book stimulating, informative and, perhaps to his surprise, also enjoyable.'
Foundations of Physics

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Philosophy and Mathematics, University of Bologna, Italy

    Gino Tarozzi

  • Department of Physics, University of Denver, USA

    Alwyn Merwe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Open Questions in Quantum Physics

  • Book Subtitle: Invited Papers on the Foundations of Microphysics

  • Editors: Gino Tarozzi, Alwyn Merwe

  • Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5245-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1853-2Published: 31 December 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8816-9Published: 22 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5245-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-1222

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 428

  • Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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