Quantum Physics and Cosmology - Herve Zwirn

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Auteur(s) : Herve Zwirn

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/12/2025

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 354.0

ISBN : 9781789452334

Résumé :

Introduction xiii
Herv? ZWIRN

Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and a Review of Interpretations 1
Herv? ZWIRN

Chapter 2. Bohrian Realism 15
Thomas RYCKMAN

Chapter 3. The Many-worlds View of Quantum Mechanics 33
Lev VAIDMAN

Chapter 4. Probability in Everett 53
Jeffrey A. BARRETT

Chapter 5. Quantum Theory from a Pragmatist Perspective 79
Richard HEALEY

Chapter 6. The Role of the Observer: Convivial Solipsism 109
Herv? ZWIRN

Chapter 7. Copenhagenish Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics 133
David SCHMID, Y?l? YING and Matthew S. LEIFER

Chapter 8. Dark Energy 171
Nathalie PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE

Chapter 9. Dark Matter 193
Fran?oise COMBES

Chapter 10. Gravitational Waves 219
Matteo BARSUGLIA and Simone MASTROGIOVANNI

Chapter 11. What is the Energy of the Vacuum? 239
Bruno MANSOULI?

Chapter 12. Temporality in Relativistic Space-time 257
Marc LACHI?ZE-REY

Chapter 13. A History of Thought Experiments in Quantum Gravity 275
Thiago HARTZ and Olival FREIRE JUNIOR

Chapter 14. Possibility in Physics 303
Baptiste LE BIHAN, Emilia MARGONI and Annica VIESER

List of Authors 323
Index 325

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Biographie:

Introduction xiii
Herv? ZWIRN

Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and a Review of Interpretations 1
Herv? ZWIRN

1.1 Quantum formalism 2

1.1.1 States and observations 2

1.1.2 Evolution of the state of a system without and with measurement 3

1.2 The measurement problem 4

1.3 Interpretations 7

1.3.1 Changes in formalism 7

1.3.2 The Copenhagen interpretation 8

1.3.3 The dualist interpretation of von Neumann, Wigner, London and Bauer 9

1.3.4 Everett's interpretation 10

1.3.5 Relational interpretation 11

1.3.6 QBism 11

1.3.7 Pragmatism 12

1.3.8 Convivial solipsism 13

1.4 Conclusion 14

Chapter 2 Bohrian Realism 15
Thomas RYCKMAN

2.1 The observational problem 16

2.2 Objectivity 18

2.3 Subject and object 19

2.4 Redefining phenomenon 24

2.5 Realism, without representationalism 27

2.6 References 30

Chapter 3 The Many-worlds View of Quantum Mechanics 33
Lev VAIDMAN

Chapter 4 Probability in Everett 53
Jeffrey A. BARRETT

4.1 Introduction 53

4.2 How Everett understood the measurement problem 55

4.3 Relative records and subjective experience 58

4.4 Everett's account of probability 61

4.5 Strong adequacy and pure wave mechanics 65

4.6 Splitting worlds and self-location 66

4.7 Two metaphysical options 68

4.8 Interacting worlds 72

4.9 Discussion 73

4.10 References 74

Chapter 5 Quantum Theory from a Pragmatist Perspective 79
Richard HEALEY

5.1 A pragmatist perspective 79

5.2 How quantum theory implements the novel strategy 82

5.3 No measurement problem 86

5.4 No nonlocal action 88

5.5 Application of quantum field models 91

5.6 Wigner's friend 93

5.7 Extending Wigner's friend 94

5.8 Four kinds of quantum relativism 100

5.9 References 106

Chapter 6 The Role of the Observer: Convivial Solipsism 109
Herv? ZWIRN

6.1 Current interpretations 109

6.1.1 Philosophical positions 109

6.1.2 Realism 110

6.1.3 Idealism 110

6.1.4 Instrumentalism and pragmatism 111

6.1.5 Changes in formalism 111

6.1.6 The Copenhagen school 111

6.1.7 The dualist interpretation of von Neumann, Wigner, London and Bauer 112

6.1.8 Pragmatism 113

6.1.9 Relational interpretation 113

6.1.10 QBism 114

6.1.11 Everett's interpretation 115

6.2 Convivial Solipsism 115

6.2.1 The hanging-on mechanism 117

6.2.2 Relativity yet conviviality 120

6.2.3 Empirical reality and phenomenal reality 123

6.2.4 The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox 124

6.2.5 Is there really such a thing as non-locality? 126

6.3 Conclusion 129

6.4 References 131

Chapter 7 Copenhagenish Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics 133
David SCHMID, Y?l? Y?NG and Matthew S. LEIFER

7.1 Introduction 134

7.2 Copenhagenish interpretations 137

7.2.1 Four defining postulates 137

7.2.2 What Copenhagenish interpretations are not 147

7.2.3 Shifty splits 152

7.3 The measurement problem 155

7.4 Wigner's friend 158

7.4.1 Wigner's enemy 161

7.4.2 Wigner's stalkee and penpal 164

7.5 Conclusion 166

7.6 Acknowledgments 167

7.7 References 167

Chapter 8 Dark Energy 171
Nathalie PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE

8.1 The expanding universe 171

8.2 First clues to the existence of dark energy 173

8.3 What could the nature of dark energy be? ...

Sommaire:

Fascinating discoveries have been made in recent years in the fields of the infinitely large and the infinitely small, and unexpected connections have emerged between these previously independent domains. Quantum physics, which challenges the way we conceive the reality around us, contributes to our attempt at understanding the greatest mysteries of cosmology on the scale of the Universe as a whole.

Recent astronomical observations, made with increasingly powerful instruments, have led us to understand that only 5% of what constitutes the Universe is known to us. Understanding the remaining 95% leads us to use quantum physics, which seems to indicate that the world around us is not as real as it intuitively appears to be.

Quantum Physics and Cosmology presents, in as accessible a manner as possible, the state of the art in these various scientific fields.