TY - JOUR
T1 - Some thought-experiments involving macrosystems as illustrations of various interpretations of quantum mechanics
AU - Leggett, A. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
It is a pleasure to dedicate this essay to Daniel Greenberger on the occasion of his 65th birthday and to wish him many more happy years of activity in the area of the foundations of quantum mechanics and elsewhere. I am grateful to Dr. M. G. Castellano, Dr. C. Cosmelli, and Professor G. Diambrini-Palazzi for detailed information on the Rome MQC experiment. This work was supported by the MacArthur Chair endowed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the University of Illinois.
PY - 1999/3
Y1 - 1999/3
N2 - I consider various experiments related to the so-called "macroscopic quantum coherence" experiment, which are probably at present in the class of "thought" experiment but are likely to become realistic in the next few decades. I explore the way in which outcomes consistent with the predictions of quantum mechanics would be interpreted by an adherent of, respectively, the Copenhagen, statistical, and Bohmian interpretations of the formalism.
AB - I consider various experiments related to the so-called "macroscopic quantum coherence" experiment, which are probably at present in the class of "thought" experiment but are likely to become realistic in the next few decades. I explore the way in which outcomes consistent with the predictions of quantum mechanics would be interpreted by an adherent of, respectively, the Copenhagen, statistical, and Bohmian interpretations of the formalism.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1018875100914
DO - 10.1023/A:1018875100914
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033415350
SN - 0015-9018
VL - 29
SP - 445
EP - 456
JO - Foundations of Physics
JF - Foundations of Physics
IS - 3
ER -