New Developments on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
The Hidden-Measurement Formalism: Quantum Mechanics as a Consequence of Fluctuations on the Measurement....Pages 1-6
A Model with Varying Fluctuations in the Measurement Context....Pages 7-9
Short Time Behavior and Zeno Effect in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory....Pages 11-16
A Minimal Local Extension of the Quantum Formalism....Pages 17-29
Chaos and Decoherence in a Quantum System with a Regular Classical Counterpart....Pages 31-37
Quantum Computation....Pages 39-54
Superdiffusive Behavior in Weakly Chaotic Systems: A New Avenue to Quantum Macroscopic Manifestations....Pages 55-58
A Proof with 18 Vectors of the Bell-Kochen-Specker Theorem....Pages 59-62
Temporal Bell Inequalities and the Uncertainty Principle....Pages 63-69
Parametric Down-Conversion Experiments in the Wigner Representation....Pages 71-76
Negative Entropy in Quantum Information Theory....Pages 77-84
Stochastic Approach to the Tunnel Effect....Pages 85-101
Classical Physical Entities with a Quantum Description....Pages 103-107
Dynamical Effects Generated by the Current Fluctuations in a Long Solenoid....Pages 109-114
Coherent States and the Measurement Problem....Pages 115-124
Contextualism, Locality and the No-Go Theorems....Pages 125-132
A State-Specific Proof of the Bell-Kochen-Specker Theorem Using Only 5 Propositions....Pages 133-136
Properties of a Causal Quantum Theory in Phase Space....Pages 137-139
From Quantum to Classical: The Quantum State Diffusion Model....Pages 141-150
Quantum Physics and the Problem of the Ontological Priority Between Continuous Quantity and Discrete Quantity....Pages 151-158
Localized and Delocalized States in Pyramidal Molecules....Pages 159-162
A Bigger Contradiction Between Quantum Theory and Locality for Two Particles Without Inequalities....Pages 163-170
Irreversible Quantum Evolution for Unstable Systems in Lax-Phillips Scattering Theory....Pages 171-184
Dichotomic Functions and Bell’s Theorems....Pages 185-188
Production and Uses of Hyper-Entangled States....Pages 189-202
From Newton to Schrödinger and Beyond....Pages 203-205
Quenching of Spontaneous Emission via Quantum Interference: Time Evolution....Pages 207-212
Quantum Mechanics on Discrete Space and Time....Pages 213-224
Symplectic Tomography of Schrödinger Cat States of a Trapped Ion....Pages 225-229
Magical Photon or Real Zeropoint?....Pages 231-245
Linear and Nonlinear Optical Response of a Dilute Bose Gas in the Condensation Regime....Pages 247-254
Quantum Measurement and Practice in Nuclear Physics....Pages 255-257
Quantum Predictions Without Nonlocal Projections....Pages 259-263
The Emergence of Statistical Laws in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 265-274
Consistent Histories: A Critique....Pages 275-283
Immaterial Interpretation of Quantum Theory in the Context of Quantum Cosmology....Pages 285-289
Atom Interferometry for Quantum Gravity?....Pages 291-300
Quantum Nonlocality and Inseparability....Pages 301-310
Decoherence Limits to Quantum Factoring....Pages 311-316
Quantum Engineering with Trapped Ions....Pages 317-323
Many-Valued Interpretation of the Logic of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 325-328
No Point Particles, Definitely no Waves....Pages 329-333
Interference and Violation of Bell’s Inequalities Using Separate Sources....Pages 335-345
Bell’s Inequality for a Particle....Pages 347-354
Quantum Gravity Corrections for the Initial State of Gravitons....Pages 355-360
Quantum Privacy Amplification: A Secure Method for Cryptography....Pages 361-367
The Program of Local Hidden Variables....Pages 369-379
Noninvariant Velocity of Light and Locally Equivalent Reference Frames....Pages 381-394
Quantum Interferometry, Measurement and Objectivity: Some Basic Features Revisited....Pages 395-401
Effect of QED Fluctuations on the Dynamics of the Macroscopic Phase....Pages 403-413
What When Gleason’s Theorem Fails?....Pages 415-419
Quantum Decoherence Induced by Gravitational Fluctuations in the Measurement Apparatus....Pages 421-424
Schrödinger Cat States in Quantum Optics....Pages 425-429
An Experimental Realization of Bohm’s Spin-1/2 Particle EPR Gedanken Experiment....Pages 431-439
What is Achieved by Decoherence?....Pages 441-451
Back Matter....Pages 453-458