Towards a realistic interpretation of quantum mechanics providing a model of the physical world
arXiv:1203.5688 · doi:10.1007/s10699-014-9366-y
Abstract
It is argued that a realistic interpretation of quantum mechanics is possible and useful. Current interpretations, from Copenhagen to many worlds are critically revisited. The difficulties for intuitive models of quantum physics are pointed out and possible solutions proposed. In particular the existence of discrete states, the quantum jumps, the alleged lack of objective properties, measurement theory, the probabilistic character of quantum physics, the wave-particle du- ality and the Bell inequalities are analyzed. The sketch of a realistic picture of the quantum world is presented. It rests upon the assump- tion that quantum mechanics is a stochastic theory whose randomness derives from the existence of vacuum fields. They correspond to the vacuum fluctuations of quantum field theory, but taken as real rather than virtual.
43 pages, paper throughout revised and somewhat enlarged, sections on the Bell inequalities and on the sketch of a picture of the quantum world rewritten, new references added
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