Quantum Future: From Volta and Como to Present and Beyond. Proceedings of Xth Max Born Symposium Held in Przesieka, Poland, 24-27 September 1997

ISBN-13: 9783540652182 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 246 str.

Philippe Blanchard;Arkadiusz Jadczyk

Opis

This volume presents detailed discussions of a number of unsolved conceptual and technical issues arising, in particular, in the foundations of quantum theory and the philosophy of science. The 14 contributions capture a wide variety of viewpoints and backgrounds. Some chapters deal primarily with the main experimental issues; others focus on theoretical and philosophical questions. In addition, attempts are made to systematically analyze ways in which quantum physics can be connected to the neurosciences and consciousness research.

Spis treści

Continuous fuzzy measurements and visualization of a quantum transition.- Quantum jumps revisited: An overview of quantum trajectory theory.- Problems in objectizing.- Quantum chaos, algorithmic paradigm and irreversibility.- Objects, events and localization.- Observing the decoherence of the meter in a measurement: a variation on schrödinger’s cat experiment.- Toward the demolition of a computational quantum brain.- Decoherence: Concepts and examples.- Metrical quantization.- Against measurement? — On the concept of information.- On interpretation and decoherence.- Quantum ontology and mind-matter synthesis.- Time as an observable.- Quantum optics of a single atom.