Speaker
Franck Laloë
Description
In most fields of physics (atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter, quantum electrodynamics, etc.), the way quantum mechanics should be applied in practice is perfectly consensual. Nevertheless, how it should be interpreted and really understood is less clear; new articles are still constantly published to propose various interpretations, and controversies may even take place. Another difficulty is the connection with gravity, which is for instance necessary in quantum cosmogenesis. The talk will give an overview of the major families of interpretations of quantum mechanics and their specificities. It will in particular discuss interpretations relating quantum collapse to the effects of gravity (Diosi, Penrose, Bohmian collapse).
Primary author
Franck Laloë
