Explaining the unobserved-why quantum mechanics ain't only about information

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1295-1324

  Hagar, Amit ^a   Hemmo, Meir ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collapse theories; Crucial experiments; Principle versus constructive theories; Quantum information

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248857556     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-006-9065-9     Document Type: Article

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