{"161661":{"#nid":"161661","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Quantum Determinism","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003ESchool of Physics Colloquium Series: Presenting Larry S. Schulman, Clarkson University, NY and School of Physics, Georgia Tech.\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs experiments probe quantum phenomena ever more deeply, it becomes difficult to believe that there is anything other than pure, unitary, quantum time evolution. Without wave-function collapse, the physicist is left with the many-worlds interpretation as the source of quantum indeterminism. (I say \u0022physicist\u0022 because I can\u0027t defend against all philosophical contortions.) \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, if one is willing to take a radical view of statistical mechanics, it is possible to have only unitary time evolution, and still have a single \u0022world.\u0022 I will explain just what that radical departure is and how one achieves quantum determinism. A basic assumption\/explanation with be \u0022special\u0022 microscopic states. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, I will describe an experimental test of these ideas that is well within the realm of feasibility.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Physics Colloquium Series: Presenting Larry S. Schulman, Clarkson University, NY and School of Physics, Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Physics Colloquium Series: Presenting Larry S. Schulman, Clarkson University, NY and School of Physics, Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2012-10-12 15:40:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:00:34","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-10-29T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-10-29T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-10-29T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-10-29 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-10-29 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-10-29 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/physics-colloquium\/larry-s-schulman-20121029","title":"https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/physics-colloquium..."}],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"46211","name":"determinism"},{"id":"1744","name":"quantum"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}