On the Nature of Quantum Phenomena
@article{Zhang2007OnTN, title={On the Nature of Quantum Phenomena}, author={Xiaolei Zhang}, journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics}, year={2007} }
It is shown that a coherent understanding of all quantized phenomena, including those governed by unitary evolution equations as well as those related to irreversible quantum measurements, can be achieved in a scenario of successive nonequilibrium phase transitions, with the lowest hierarchy of these phase transitions occurring in a ``resonant cavity'' formed by the entire matter and energy content of the universe. In this formalism, the physical laws themselves are resonantly-selected and…
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