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QBism: Quantum Theory as a Hero's Handbook

Authors :
Fuchs, Christopher A.
Stacey, Blake C.
Source :
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi": Course 197, Foundations of Quantum Theory (2019)
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

This paper represents an elaboration of the lectures delivered by one of us (CAF) during "Course 197 -- Foundations of Quantum Physics" at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" in Varenna, Italy, July 2016. Much of the material for it is drawn from arXiv:1003.5209, arXiv:1401.7254, and arXiv:1405.2390. However there are substantial additions of original material in Sections 4, 7, 8 and 9, along with clarifications and expansions of the older content throughout. Topics include the meaning of subjective probability; no-cloning, teleportation, and quantum tomography from the subjectivist Bayesian perspective; the message QBism receives from Bell inequality violations (namely, that nature is creative); the import of symmetric informationally complete (SIC) quantum measurements for the technical side of QBism; quantum cosmology QBist-style; and a potential meaning for the holographic principle within QBism.<br />Comment: 39 pages, 8 figures (1 of a superhero); lectures based on arXiv:1003.5209, arXiv:1401.7254 and arXiv:1405.2390 plus new content; v3: bibliography glitch-fixes

Subjects

Subjects :
Quantum Physics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi": Course 197, Foundations of Quantum Theory (2019)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1612.07308
Document Type :
Working Paper