A Top-down versus a Bottom-up Hidden-variables Description of the Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Abstract
We employ the Stern-Gerlach experiment to highlight the basics of a minimalist, non-interpretational top-down approach to quantum foundations. Certain benefits of the "quantum structural studies" (QSS) highlightedhere are detected and discussed. While the top-down approach can be described without making any reference to the fundamental structure of a closed system, the hidden variables (HV) theory á la Bohm proves to be more subtle than it is typically regarded.
- Publication:
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Quantum Structural Studies: Classical Emergence from the Quantum Level. Edited by KASTNER RUTH E ET AL. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
- Pub Date:
- 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9781786341419_0015
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1601.05555
- Bibcode:
- 2017qssc.book..469A
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- Book chapter in 'Quantum Structural Studies: Classical Emergence from the Quantum Level', eds. R. E. Kastner, J. Jeknic-Dugic and G. Jaroszkiewicz (World Scientific)