NONLINEARITIES IN THE QUANTUM MULTIVERSE

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Orfeu Bertolami (Author) FCUP; Victor Herdeiro (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Journal of Modern Physics D

Vol. 22

Final page: 1350068

ISSN: 0218-2718

Publisher: World Scientific

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

Scopus - 1 Citation

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-006-8BH

DOI: 10.1142/s0218271813500685

Abstract (EN): It has been recently proposed that the multiverse of eternal inflation, string landscape and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics can be identified, yielding a new view on the measure and measurement problems. In the present note, we argue that a nonlinear evolution of observables in the quantum multiverse would be an obstacle for such a description and that these nonlinearities are expected from quite general arguments.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6