{
  "id": "quant-ph/9802022",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1998-02-09T10:05:54.000Z",
  "updated": "1998-02-09T10:05:54.000Z",
  "title": "On the Concept of Quantum State Reduction: Inconsistency of the Orthodox View",
  "authors": [
    "Masanao Ozawa"
  ],
  "comment": "15 pages, LaTeX, 1 Postscript figure",
  "journal": "Ann.Japan Ass.Philos.Sci. 11 (2003) 107-121",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The argument is re-examined that the program of deriving the rule of state reduction from the Schroedinger equation holding for the object-apparatus composite system falls into a vicious circle or an infinite regress called the von Neumann chain. It is shown that this argument suffers from a serious physical inconsistency concerning the causality between the reading of the outcome and the state reduction. A consistent argument which accomplishes the above program without falling into the circular argument is presented.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1998-02-09T10:05:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum state reduction",
      "orthodox view",
      "inconsistency",
      "object-apparatus composite system falls",
      "von neumann chain"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 15,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 467014,
      "adsabs": "1998quant.ph..2022O"
    }
  }
}