The Oxford questions on the foundations of quantum physics

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 469, Issue 2157, 2013, Pages

  Briggs, G A D ^a   Butterfield, J N ^b   Zeilinger, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collapse; Foundations; Measurement; Polkinghorne; Reality; Relativity

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATIONS; MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

COLLAPSE; DAILY USE; NEW THEORY; POLKINGHORNE; QUANTUM PHYSICS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; REALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

RELATIVITY;

EID: 84883863266     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0299     Document Type: Review

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