What does it take to solve the measurement problem?

Jonte R Hance*, Sabine Hossenfelder

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We summarise different aspects of the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. We argue that it is a real problem which requires a solution, and identify the properties a theory needs to solve the problem. We show that no current interpretation of quantum mechanics solves the problem, and that, being interpretations rather than extensions of quantum mechanics, they cannot solve it. Finally, we speculate what a solution of the measurement problem might be good for.
Original languageEnglish
Article number102001
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Physics Communications
Volume6
Issue number10
Early online date11 Oct 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Oct 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Emily Adlam, Tim Palmer, Hrvoje Nikolic, and Ken Wharton for helpful discussions and feedback. JRH acknowledges support from the University of York’s EPSRC DTP grant EP/R513386/1, and the EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub (funded by the EPSRC grants EP/M013472/1 and EP/T001011/1). SH acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under grant number HO 2601/8-1.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Research Groups and Themes

  • QETLabs
  • Centre for Science and Philosophy
  • Bristol Quantum Information Institute

Keywords

  • Quantum foundations
  • Measurement problem in quantum mechanics
  • interpretations of quantum mechanics

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