The Hidden Clash: Spacetime Outlook and Quantum-State Reductions

Philosophies 9 (3):79 (2024)
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It is generally assumed that compatibility with special relativity is guaranteed by the invariance of the fundamental equations of quantum physics under Lorentz transformations and the impossibility of transferring energy or information faster than the speed of light. Despite this, various contradictions persist, which make us suspect the solidity of that compatibility. This paper focuses on collapse theories—although they are not the only way of interpreting quantum theory—in order to examine what seems to be insurmountable difficulties we encounter when trying to construct a space–time picture of such typically quantum processes as state vector reduction or the non-separability of entangled systems. The inescapable nature of such difficulties suggests the need to go further in the search for new formulations that surpass our current conceptions of matter and space–time.

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Rafael Andrés Alemañ-Berenguer
Institute of Physics Applied To Science and Technology - Departmente of Physics, System Engineering and Theory of Signals (University of Alicante)

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