Schrödinger's Cat -- Amended
| dc.creator | Berg, Bernd A. | |
| dc.date | 1995-10-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:13:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:13:37Z | |
| dc.description | Arguments have been raised that the system--observer cut of quantum mechanics can be shifted arbitrarily close to, or even into, the conscious observer. Here I show that this view leads to {\it observable} contradictions (despite our inability to control the phases of macroscopic states). For this purpose I modify and extend Schrödinger's well--known superposition of a cat in its dead and alive state. Implications for other interpretations of quantum mechanics are also discussed. My conclusion is that quantum mechanics is incomplete. The question ``When does the state vector collapse?'' seems to be unavoidable, has observable consequences, and is not answered by quantum mechanics. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages and one figure, uuencoded Z-compressed .tar file created by uufiles | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9509021 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9509021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/93170 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Schrödinger's Cat -- Amended | |
| dc.type | text |