Quantum entanglements : selected papers /

Quantum entanglements : selected papers /

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Author / Creator:Clifton, Rob.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xlii, 461 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Quantum theory -- Philosophy.
Quantum theory -- Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11143598
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Other authors / contributors:Butterfield, Jeremy.
Halvorson, Hans.
ISBN:1423753240
9781423753247
1280757736
9781280757730
0199270155
9786610757732
6610757739
0191556491
9780191556494
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Rob Clifton was one of the most brilliant and productive researchers in the foundations and philosophy of quantum theory; he died tragically at the age of 38. Jeremy Butterfield and Hans Halvorson present fourteen of his finest papers, all of which combine exciting philosophical discussion with rigorous mathematical results. Many of these papers break wholly new ground, either conceptually or technically. Others resolve a vague controversy into a precise technical problem, which is then solved; still others solve an open problem that had been in the air for some time. All of them show scientific and philosophical creativity of a high order, genuinely among the very best work in the field. The papers are grouped into four parts. First come four papers about the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics. Part II comprises three papers on the foundations of algebraic quantum field theory, with an emphasis on entanglement and nonlocality. The two papers in Part III concern the concept of a particle in relativistic quantum theories. One paper analyses localization; the other analyses the Unruh effect (Rindler quanta) using the algebraic approach to quantum theory.; Finally, Part IV contains striking new results about such central issues as complementarity, Bohr's reply to the EPR argument, and no hidden variables theorems; and ends with a philosophical survey of the field of quantum information. The volume includes a full bibliography of Clifton's publications. "Quantum Entanglements" offers inspiration and substantial reward to graduates and professionals in the foundations of physics, with a background in philosophy, physics, or mathematics.
Other form:Print version: Clifton, Rob. Quantum entanglements. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0199270155
Table of Contents:
  • Editors' introduction
  • Independently motivating the Kochen-Dieks modal interpretation of quantum mechanics
  • A uniqueness theorem for 'no collapse' interpretations of quantum mechanics
  • Revised proof for the uniqueness theorem for 'no collapse' interpretations of quantum mechanics
  • The modal interpretation of algebraic quantum field theory
  • Generic Bell correlation between arbitrary local algebras in quantum field theory
  • Entanglement and open systems in algebraic quantum field theory
  • No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories?
  • Are Rindler quanta real? Inequivalent particle concepts in quantum field theory
  • Nonlocal correlations are generic in infinite-dimensional bipartite systems
  • Complementarity between position and momentum as a consequence of Kochen-Specker arguments
  • Reconsidering Bohr's reply to EPR
  • Simulating quantum mechanics by non-contextual hidden variables
  • The subtleties of entanglement and its role in quantum information theory.

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