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Conditions for Lorentz-invariant superluminal information transfer without signaling

Journals of Physics. Conference Series, Volume 701(1)
Grössing, G.Fussy, S.Mesa Pascasio, J.Schwabl, H. Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies,
Vienna, Austria
2016 Physics

We understand emergent quantum mechanics in the sense that quantum mechanics describes processes of physical emergence relating an assumed sub-quantum physics to macroscopic boundary conditions. The latter can be shown to entail top-down causation, in addition to usual bottom-up scenarios. With this example it is demonstrated that definitions of “realism” in the literature are simply too restrictive.

A prevailing manner to define realism in quantum mechanics is in terms of pre-determination independent of the measurement. With our counter-example, which actually is ubiquitous in emergent, or self-organizing, systems, we argue for realism without pre-determination. We refer to earlier results of our group showing how the guiding equation of the de Broglie– Bohm interpretation can be derived from a theory with classical ingredients only. Essentially, this corresponds to a “quantum mechanics without wave functions” in ordinary 3-space, albeit with nonlocal correlations.

The article was published in: Journals of Physics. Conference Series, Volume 701(1): 012006.

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This work was supported (in part) by the Fetzer Franklin Fund of the John E. Fetzer Memorial Trust.