INVESTIGADORES
LOMBARDI olimpia Iris
artículos
Título:
A modal-Hamiltonian interpretation of quantum mechanics
Autor/es:
OLIMPIA LOMBARDI; MARIO CASTAGNINO
Revista:
STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 39 p. 380 - 443
ISSN:
1355-2198
Resumen:
The aim of this paper is to introduce a new member of the family of the modal interpretations of quantum mechanics.  In this modal-Hamiltonian interpretation, the Hamiltonian of the quantum system plays a decisive role in the property-ascription rule that selects the definite-valued observables whose possible values become actual.  We show that this interpretation is effective for solving the measurement problem, both in its ideal and its non-ideal versions, and we argue for the physical relevance of the property-ascription rule by applying it to well-known physical situations.  Moreover, we explain how this interpretation supplies a description of the elemental categories of the ontology referred to by the theory, where quantum systems turn out to be bundles of possible properties.