August 26, 2013

Physicist Disentangles ‘Schrodinger’s Cat’ Debate



Hobson’s analysis contributes to foundations of quantum physics

University of Arkansas physicist Art Hobson has offered a solution, within the framework of standard quantum physics, to the long-running debate about the nature of quantum measurement.

In an article published August 8 by Physical Review A, a journal of the American Physical Society, Hobson argues that the phenomenon known as “nonlocality” is key to understanding the measurement problem illustrated by “Schrodinger’s cat.”