Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
1998-07-27
Found.Phys. 29 (1999) 755-765
Physics
Quantum Physics
This is a preprint from July 97 and it has partial overlap with quant-ph/9609007 and quant-ph/9802042. It is submitted now, in
Scientific paper
Recently, several authors have criticized the time-symmetrized quantum theory originated by the work of Aharonov et al. (1964). The core of this criticism was a proof, appearing in various forms, which showed that the counterfactual interpretation of time-symmetrized quantum theory cannot be reconciled with standard quantum theory. I argue here that the apparent contradiction is due to a logical error. I analyze the concept of counterfactuals in quantum theory and introduce time-symmetrized counterfactuals. These counterfactuals do not lead to any contradiction with the predictions of quantum theory. I discuss applications of time-symmetrized counterfactuals to several surprising examples and show the usefulness of the time-symmetrized quantum formalism.
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