Published February 1, 2011
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Journal article
Rescuing the Born rule for quantum cosmology
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
Description
Page has recently argued that the Born rule does not suffice for computing all probabilities in quantum cosmology. He further asserts that the Born rule's failure gives rise to the cosmological measure problem. Here I contend that Page's result stems from his use of an overly restrictive definition of the Born rule. In particular, I demonstrate that all of the probabilities he wishes to compute follow from the Born rule when generalized measurements are permitted. I also register two comments on Page's theoretical setting, relating respectively to Hilbert space dimensionality and permutation symmetry. These considerations lead me to conclude that the claimed insufficiency of the Born rule is by no means specific to the cosmological context
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/02/014Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2011
- Journal Issue
- 02
- Journal Page Range
- p. 014
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45096646
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; HILBERT SPACE; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM COSMOLOGY; SYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- BANACH SPACE; COSMOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE