Why Decoherence has not Solved the Measurement Problem: A Response to P. W. Anderson — mentioned by spekcular

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:39:22 GMT

A) I don't consider the Feynman lectures a "standard textbook." I don't think there exists any university that uses them as the primary reference in their quantum course. They're fine, as far as they go, but I think modern pedagogy is better. Concerning Griffiths, what do you feel it lacks? You've got the hydrogen atom, fermions, bosons, helium, and probably more stuff that I'm forgetting right now. What else would you stick in an intro course? Hartree-Fock? B) Decoherence doesn't solve the measurement problem. Even the decoherence boosters admit this. See, for example, Adler's paper on this…

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Why Decoherence has not Solved the Measurement Problem: A Response to P. W. Anderson — mentioned by spekcular