Do we really understand quantum mechanics (quant-ph 0209123)

Historical perspective......Page 4
Three periods......Page 5
Prehistory......Page 6
The undulatory period......Page 7
Emergence of the Copenhagen interpretation......Page 8
Two extremes and the orthodox solution......Page 9
An illustration......Page 11
Difficulties, paradoxes......Page 13
Von Neumann\'s infinite regress......Page 14
Wigner\'s friend......Page 16
Schrödinger\'s cat......Page 17
Unconvincing arguments......Page 19
A theorem......Page 20
Simple experiments; no conclusion yet.......Page 22
Correlations; causes unveiled.......Page 23
Transposition to physics......Page 25
Quantitative theorems: Bell, GHZ, Hardy, BKS......Page 28
Two spins in a quantum singlet state......Page 29
Proof......Page 30
Contradiction with quantum mechanics and with experiments......Page 31
Generality of the theorem......Page 32
Hardy\'s impossibilities......Page 35
GHZ equality......Page 37
Bell-Kochen-Specker; contextuality.......Page 41
Non-locality and entanglement: where are we now?......Page 44
Loopholes, conspiracies......Page 45
Locality, contrafactuality......Page 50
Definition and properties of the states......Page 51
Decoherence......Page 54
Quantum cryptography, teleportation......Page 57
Sharing cryptographic keys by quantum measurements......Page 58
Teleporting a quantum state......Page 59
Quantum computing and information......Page 62
Various interpretations......Page 64
Common ground; ``correlation interpretation\'\'......Page 65
General framework......Page 69
Bohmian trajectories......Page 72
Modified (non-linear) Schrödinger dynamics......Page 74
Various forms of the theory......Page 75
Physical predictions......Page 77
Histories, families of histories......Page 79
Consistent families......Page 81
Quantum evolution of an isolated system......Page 82
Comparison with other interpretations......Page 85
A profusion of points of view; discussion......Page 87
Everett interpretation......Page 89