Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2010-09-02
IJMPD, Volume 20, Issue 5 (2011) 861-875
Physics
Quantum Physics
18 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0218271811019074
In this paper we review Castagnino's contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics. First, we recall his work on quantum decoherence in closed systems, and the proposal of a general framework for decoherence from which the phenomenon acquires a conceptually clear meaning. Then, we introduce his contribution to the hard field of the interpretation of quantum mechanics: the modal-Hamiltonian interpretation solves many of the interpretive problems of the theory, and manifests its physical relevance in its application to many traditional models of the practice of physics. In the third part of this work we describe the ontological picture of the quantum world that emerges from the modal-Hamiltonian interpretation, stressing the philosophical step toward a deep understanding of the reference of the theory.
Ardenghi Juan Sebastián
Fortin Sebastian
Lombardi Olimpia
Narvaja Martin
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