We review a number of issues in foundations of quantum theory and quantum cosmology including, in particular, the problem of the preferred basis in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the relation between this interpretation and the decoherence phenomenon, application of decoherence approach to quantum cosmology, the relation between the many-worlds interpretation and Anthropic Principle along with the notion of quantum-classical duality. We also discuss the concept of fundamentally mixed quantum state of the Universe represented by a special microcanonical density matrix and its dynamical realization in the form of the semiclassically treated path integral over spacetime geometries and quantum matter fields. These issues can be considered as a part of the scientific legacy of Zeh generously left to us in his two seminal papers published at the beginning of the seventies in Foundations of Physics.

Preferred Basis, Decoherence and the Quantum State of the Universe / A.O. Barvinsky, A.Y. Kamenchtchik. - STAMPA. - 204:(2022), pp. 97-120. [10.1007/978-3-030-88781-0_6]

Preferred Basis, Decoherence and the Quantum State of the Universe

A. Y. Kamenchtchik
2022

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We review a number of issues in foundations of quantum theory and quantum cosmology including, in particular, the problem of the preferred basis in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the relation between this interpretation and the decoherence phenomenon, application of decoherence approach to quantum cosmology, the relation between the many-worlds interpretation and Anthropic Principle along with the notion of quantum-classical duality. We also discuss the concept of fundamentally mixed quantum state of the Universe represented by a special microcanonical density matrix and its dynamical realization in the form of the semiclassically treated path integral over spacetime geometries and quantum matter fields. These issues can be considered as a part of the scientific legacy of Zeh generously left to us in his two seminal papers published at the beginning of the seventies in Foundations of Physics.
2022
From Quantum to Classical, Fundamental Theories of Physics
97
120
Preferred Basis, Decoherence and the Quantum State of the Universe / A.O. Barvinsky, A.Y. Kamenchtchik. - STAMPA. - 204:(2022), pp. 97-120. [10.1007/978-3-030-88781-0_6]
A.O. Barvinsky, A.Y. Kamenchtchik
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