No Relation for Wigner’s Friend

Leonardo Castellani

doi:10.1007/s10773-021-04826-9

No Relation for Wigner’s Friend

Leonardo Castellani

Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica

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Abstract

We argue that Wigner’s friend thought experiment does not support observer dependence of quantum states. An analysis in terms of history vectors suggests that quantum collapse is to be understood as collapse of histories rather than collapse of states.

Lingua originale	Inglese
pagine (da-a)	2084-2089
Numero di pagine	6
Rivista	International Journal of Theoretical Physics
Volume	60
Numero di pubblicazione	6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-021-04826-9
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - giu 2021

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