INVESTIGADORES
LOMBARDI olimpia Iris
artículos
Título:
Isomerism and decoherence
Autor/es:
SEBASTIAN FORTIN; OLIMPIA LOMBARDI; JUAN CAMILO MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ
Revista:
FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMISTRY
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlín; Año: 2016 vol. 18 p. 225 - 240
ISSN:
1386-4238
Resumen:
In the present paper we address the problem of optical isomerism embodied in the so-called "Hund´s paradox", which points to the difficulty to account for chirality by means of quantum mechanics. In particular, we explain the answer to the problem proposed by the theory of decoherence. The purpose to this article is to challenge this answer on the basis of a conceptual analysis of the phenomenon of decoherence, that reveals the limitations of the theory of decoherence to solve the difficulties posed by optical isomerism and, in general, by quantum measurement.
