New Techniques and Ideas in Quantum Measurement Theory (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) [1 ed.] 0897663551, 9780897663557

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Preface / DANIEL M. GREENBERGER
E. P. Wigner: An Introduction / A. S. WIGHTMAN
Response / E. P. WIGNER
Part I. Space-Time Considerations
The Nonrelativistic Nature of the Present Quantum Mechanical Measurement Theory / E. P. WIGNER
Quantum Theory and the Appearance of a Classical World / E. JOOS
Relativity and Quantum Mechanics — Conflict or Peaceful Coexistence? / MICHAEL L. G. REDHEAD
Part II. Macroscopic Effects in Quantum Theory
Quantum Mechanics and Realism at the Macroscopic Level: Is an Experimental Discrimination Feasible? / A. J. LEGGETT
Quantum Mechanics on a Macroscopic Scale / SUDIP CHAKRAVARTY
Schrödinger's Cat: A Realization in Superconducting Devices / C. D. TESCHE
Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling at Finite Temperatures / PETER HANGGI
Effects of Dissipation and Temperature on Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Josephson Junctions / SEAN WASHBURN and RICHARD A. WEBB
Quantum Mechanics of Macroscopic Systems and the Measurement Process / MIKIO NAMIKI
Reduction of the Wave Packet and Environment-Induced Superselection / W. H. ZUREK
Part III. Photon Experiments
A New Light on Single Photon Interferences / P. GRANGIER, G. ROGER and A. ASPECT
Realizations of "Delayed-Choice" Experiments / T. HELLMUTH, ARTHUR G. ZAJONC and H. WALTHER
EPRB and the Wigner Distribution for Spin-1/2 Particles / MARLAN O. SCULLY and LEON COHEN
Frontier of Femtosecond and Picosecond Optical Measuring Techniques / R. R. ALFANO
An Experimental Test of Locality Using a Single-Photon Interferometer / J. D. FRANSON
Part IV. Neutron and Electron Interferometry
Polarized Neutron Interferometry / G. BADUREK, H. RAUCH and D. TUPPINGER
Neutron Interferometry at Missouri Recent Developments / SAMUEL A. WERNER
Three Gedanken Experiments on Complementarity in Double-Slit Diffraction / ANTON ZEILINGER
Electron Interferometry Applied to Objects of Atomic Dimensions / HANNES LICHTE
Part V. Magnetic Flux Effects
The Nonlocal Character of the Conductance in the Weakly Localized Limit / G. J. DOLAN and D. J. BISHOP
Flux-Sensitive Effects in Normal Metal Loops / MARKUS BÜTTIKER
Magnetic Monopoles and Dipoles in Quantum Mechanics / HARRY J. LIPKIN and MURRAY PESHKIN
A Possible Test of the Topological Effect in Quantum Mechanics / AKIRA INOMATA
Part VI. Connection to Gravity
General Relativistic Effects on Superconductors / JEEVA ANANDAN
Quantum Measurement / W. G. UNRUH
Progress in Back Action Evasion Experiments / MARK F. BOCKO and WARREN W. JOHNSON
Part VII. Quantum Ensembles
EPR Correlations and EPW Distributions / J. S. BELL
Decay of Quantum Coherence due to the Presence of a Heat Bath. Markovian Master-Equation Approach / R. F. O'CONNELL, C. M. SAVAGE and D. F. WALLS
The Discrete Wigner Function / WILLIAM K. WOOTTERS
Joint Quantum Probabilities and the Uncertainty Principle / LEON COHEN
On Measurable Distinctions between Quantum Ensembles / M. P. SILVERMAN
Part VIII. Other Theoretical Considerations
How Come the Quantum? / JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER
Causality as Identified with Conditional Probability and the Quantal Nonseparability / O. COSTA de BEAUREGARD
Gauge-Fields and Integrated Quantum-Classical Theory / HENRY P. STAPP
Amplifiers, Attenuators, and Schrödinger's Cat / ROY J. GLAUBER
Reality and Quantum Mechanics / FRITZ ROHRLICH
Probability in Quantum Mechanics / L. E. BALLENTINE
Towards a Theory of Single Events in Spin Correlation Experiments / A. O. BARUT
Towards a Stochastic Classical Theory of the Particle Behavior of Light / TREVOR MARSHALL and EMILIO SANTOS
Part IX. Measurement Theory
Quantum Theory of Measurement / WILLIS E. LAMB, Jr.
Novel Properties of Preselected and Postselected Ensembles / Y. AHARONOV, D. ALBERT, A. CASHER and L. VAIDMAN
The EPR Experiment — Thoughts about the "Loophole" / N. DAVID MERMIN
Does Bell's Theorem Apply to Theories That Admit Time-Dependent States? / JON P. JARRETT
When Is a Quantum Measurement? / ASHER PERES
The Haunted Measurement in Quantum Theory / DANIEL M. GREENBERGER and ALLAINE YA'SIN
A Discussion of the EPR Contained in Quantum Mechanical Terms without Arguments of Realities or Bell's Relations / ORESTE PICCIONI and WERNER MEHLHOP
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Interferometry / MICHAEL A. HORNE and ANTON ZEILINGER
Part X. Quantum Computation
Quantum Mechanical Hamiltonian Models of Computers / PAUL BENIOFF
Quantum Computation / NORMAN MARGOLUS
Part XI. Alternative Approaches to Quantum Theory
How to Take a Photograph of Another Everett World / DAVID ALBERT
Trajectories, Spin, and Energy Conservation in Time-Dependent Neutron Interferometry / JEAN-PIERRE VIGIER
Making Consistent Inferences from Quantum Measurements / ROBERT B. GRIFFITHS
Variable Photon Detection as an Explanation of EPR Experiments / F. SELLERI
The Locality Problem in Stochastic Mechanics / EDWARD NELSON
Suppose the State Vector Is Real: The Description and Consequences of Dynamical Reduction / PHILIP PEARLE
A Research Program with No "Measurement Problem" / H. PIERRE NOYES, CHRISTOFFER GEFWERT and MICHAEL J. MANTHEY
Part XII. Poster Papers
A Derivation of Quantum Phenomena from a Wave System Model / T. B. ANDREWS
A Proposal for the Completion of the Realization of Wigner's Gedanken-Experiment / M. BOŽIC
Two-Time States of a Spin-Half Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field / SUSAN S. D'AMATO
Continuously Variable Spin Vectors and Spin Measurements in the Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics / C. DEWDNEY
On a Lorentz Invariant Quantum Theory of Measurement / G. N. FLEMING
Lagrangian with Nonlinear Terms for the Self-Energy and Particle-Particle Interactions / PAUL HARRIS
Can Single Quantum Events Carry Superluminal Signals? / NICK HERBERT
Locality, Causality, and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect / P. R. HOLLAND
Information Mechanics Perspective on Some Assumptions in Classical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics about Measurement / F. W. KANTOR
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Constraints on Quantum Action-at-a-Distance. The Sutherland Paradox / A. KYPRIANIDIS
Minimal Uncertainty and Maximal Information for Quantum Position and Momentum / PEKKA J. LAHTI
Causal Description of Measurement in Quantum Mechanics / ULF LARSEN
Relativistic Quantum Measurement and the Quantum Electrodynamic Arrow of Time / DARRYL LEITER
A Geometric Introduction to Quantum Mysteries / VICTOR MANSFIELD and DAVID HENDERSON
The Problem of Internal Properties in Quantum Mechanics / ANDRE MIRABELLI
Quantum Mechanics Determines the Dimension of Space / R. MIRMAN
The Coherence Properties of Particle Beams / K. RUBIN and I. EFREMOV
Proposed Experimental Investigation of Uncertainty Relations by Measuring the Velocity Dispersion of Localized Neutrons / J. SCHEER and M. SCHMIDT
A Comment on Bell's Inequality; Mental Activity and Physical Reality / DOUGLAS M. SNYDER
The Quantum Condition and the Non-Euclidean Nature of Space-Time / E. J. STERNGLASS
Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation from Hamilton-Jacobi Theory in a Complexified Space with Extra Dimensions / CHRISTIAN J. TOURENNE
The Predictability of the Results of Measurements of Noncommuting Variables / LEV VAIDMAN and YAKIR AHARONOV
Simultaneous Particle and Wave Knowledge in Quantum Theory / ALLAINE YA'SIN and DANIEL M. GREENBERGER
Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity / HÜSEYIN YILMAZ
Does Distribution Fail in the Logic of Quantum Theory? / SILVIO ZENONE
Part XIII. Summary of Conference
Concluding Remarks / ABNER SHIMONY