Quantum mechanics: Myths and facts

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dc.creatorNikolic, H.
dc.date2006-09-21
dc.date2007-04-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:07:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:07:46Z
dc.descriptionA common understanding of quantum mechanics (QM) among students and practical users is often plagued by a number of "myths", that is, widely accepted claims on which there is not really a general consensus among experts in foundations of QM. These myths include wave-particle duality, time-energy uncertainty relation, fundamental randomness, the absence of measurement-independent reality, locality of QM, nonlocality of QM, the existence of well-defined relativistic QM, the claims that quantum field theory (QFT) solves the problems of relativistic QM or that QFT is a theory of particles, as well as myths on black-hole entropy. The fact is that the existence of various theoretical and interpretational ambiguities underlying these myths does not yet allow us to accept them as proven facts. I review the main arguments and counterarguments lying behind these myths and conclude that QM is still a not-yet-completely-understood theory open to further fundamental research.
dc.description51 pages, pedagogic review, revised, new references, to appear in Found. Phys
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609163
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609163
dc.identifierFound.Phys.37:1563-1611,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s10701-007-9176-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189957
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.titleQuantum mechanics: Myths and facts
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