The Consistent Histories Approach to Quantum Mechanics (Gell-Mann & Hartle, 1990)

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gptkbp:instanceOf interpretation of quantum mechanics
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Consistent Histories
gptkbp:category gptkb:Quantum_foundations
Quantum mechanics interpretations
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkb:Adrian_Kent
gptkbp:feature allows for multiple consistent sets of histories
applies to closed quantum systems
avoids wave function collapse
probabilities only assigned to consistent sets
uses decoherence functional
gptkbp:hasConcept decoherence
framework for quantum cosmology
histories of a quantum system
no need for external observer
probabilities assigned to histories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Consistent Histories Approach to Quantum Mechanics (Gell-Mann & Hartle, 1990)
gptkbp:influenced quantum cosmology
quantum gravity research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hugh_Everett_III
gptkb:decoherence_theory
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Murray_Gell-Mann
gptkb:James_Hartle
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review_D
Gell-Mann, M. & Hartle, J.B. (1990). Quantum Mechanics in the Light of Quantum Cosmology. Complexity, Entropy and the Physics of Information, SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Vol. VIII, 425-458.
Gell-Mann, M. & Hartle, J.B. (1993). Classical Equations for Quantum Systems. Physical Review D, 47(8), 3345-3382.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Copenhagen_interpretation
Many Worlds interpretation
gptkbp:yearProposed 1990
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Consistent_histories
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8