Quantum Mechanics Paris Meeting April 2023
Photos Copyright credit Laurence Honnorat/Innovaxiom
The recording of the confrences
Wayne Myrvold
Philosophical issues raised by quantum theory and its interpretations
Helge Kragh
Zero point energy and low temperature physics in early quantum theory
David Kaiser
Tackling loopholes in experimental tests of Bell's inequality
Daniela Monaldi
The evolution understanding of quantum statistics
Alexei Grinbaum
What's in the input/output distinction
Thomas Ryckman
Quantum interpretations and 20th century philosophy of science
Les enregistrements des conférences seront prochainement accessibles
The recordings of the conferences will be available very soon
The Oxford Handbook
Département de physique Université Paris Cité
Universidade Federal da Bahia
ARCHIMEDES S.I.E.E. Project
SPHERE-UMR7219-CNRS
APC
Présentent
Deux Journées d’histoire et épistémologie des fondements de la mécanique quantique
April 14 et 15, 2023
Amphitheatre Pierre-Gilles de Gennes,
Bâtiment Condorcet
5 rue Elsa Morante
Université de Paris Cité- Département de Physique
75013 Paris
A l’occasion de la parution de
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Quantum Interpretations
Comité d’organisation:
Jean-Jacques Szczeciniarz, Olival Freire, Joseph Kouneiher et Michel Paty
Nearly a century after its formulation and despite its unprecedented predictive successes in accounting for physical processes, quantum mechanics is still at the center of a lively debate.
In the same spirit as The Oxford handbook of the history of Quantum Interpretations, the two days offer a historical overview of the contrasts that have been at the heart of quantum physics over the past 100 years. Drawing on the extensive expertise of several lecturers working in the fields of physics, history and philosophy.
Thus, the objective of these two days is to fuel the ongoing debate on the foundations of quantum mechanics by dealing with the major open questions concerning the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics.
Programme
1er jour - 14 avril
08:00 – 08:45
Badges Distributions & breakfast
08:45 – 09:10
Opening
09:10 – 11:10
Alain aspect – l'Institut d'Optique (Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS) École polytechnique
From Bell’s inequalities violations to Quantum Teleportation: non-locality, a useful image.
Franck Laloë – Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS Paris
A model of quantum collapse induced by Bohmian positions and gravity
Roger Penrose - University of Oxford
Classical and Quantum Reality, and the Collapse of the Wave-Function
11:10 – 11:20 – Pause café
11:20 – 13:20
Wayne Myrvold – The University of Western Ontario
Philosophical Issues Raised by Quantum Theory and its Interpretations
Helge Kragh – University of Copenhagen
Dead as a Doornail? Zero-Point Energy and Low-Temperature Physics in Early Quantum Theory
David Kaiser – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tackling Loopholes in Experimental Tests of Bell’s Inequality
Daniela Monaldi – York University
The Evolving Understanding of Quantum Statistics
13:20 – 14:20 – Déjeuner
14:20 – 16:20
Alexei Grinbaum – CEA-Saclay/Larsim, France
Quantum Information and the Quest for Reconstruction of Quantum Theory
Thomas Ryckman – Stanford University
Quantum Interpretations and 20th Century Philosophy of Science
Michel Paty – Emeritus Research Director, CNRS
Einstein’s Criticism of Quantum Mechanics
Christian Joas – University of Copenhagen
Foundations and Applications: The Creative Tension in the Early Development of Quantum Mechanics
16:20 – 16:30 – Pause café
16:30 – 19: 00
Massimiliano Badino – University of Verona
Of Weighting and Counting: Statistics and Ontology in the Old Quantum Theory
Bernadette Lessel – Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG)
The Interpretation Debate and Quantum Gravity
Marc Lachièze-Rey - APC Université Paris cité
Interpréter la physique quantique ! Avec ou sans la gravité ?
Simon Saunders - Oxford University
The meaning of particle indistinguishability: one hundred years on
Jeffrey Barrett – UC Irvine
Pure Wave Mechanics, Relative States, and Many Worlds
2ème jour – 15 avril
09:00 – 11:00
Anja Jacobsen – KVUC, Denmark
Copenhagen and Niels Bohr
Olival Freire Jr – Universidade Federal da Bahia
Making Sense of the Century-Old Scientific Controversy over the Quanta
Stefano Osnaghi – Archives Husserl, ENS, Paris
Bohr and the Epistemological Lesson of Quantum Mechanics
Jean- Jacques Szczeciniarz, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, and Joseph Kouneiher, Côte d’Azur University
The Philosophy of Wholeness and the General and New Concept of Order: Bohm’s and Penrose’s Points of View
11:00 – 11:10 – Pause café
11:10 – 13:10
Giora Hon - University of Haifa, and Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
Interpretation in Electrodynamics, Atomic Theory, and Quantum Mechanics
Flavio Del Santo – University of Geneva
The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in Post-War Italy’s Cultural Context
Kristian Camilleri – University of Melbourne
Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in the Post-war Era
Christoph Lehner – Independent scholar
The Early Debates about the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
13:10 – 14:10 – Déjeuner
14:10 – 16:10
Hervé Zwirn – ENS Paris-Saclay, France
QBism and Convivial Solipsism
Jean Bricmont – Catholic University of Louvain
Einstein, Bohm, and Bell: A Comedy of Errors
Sebastian Murgueitio Ramírez – University of Oxford
On How Epistemological Letters Changed the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Valia Allori – Northern Illinois University
Spontaneous Localization Theories: Quantum Philosophy between History and Physics
16:10 – 16:20 – Pause café
16:20 – 18: 50
Osvaldo Pessoa Jr. – Universidade de São Paulo
The Measurement Problem
Thiago Hartz - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
The Measuring Process in Quantum Field Theory
Jean-Philippe Martinez – Aachen University
Foundations of Quantum Physics in the Soviet Union
Alexei Kojevnikov - The University of British Columbia
Quantum Historiography and Cultural History: Revisiting the Forman Thesis
Alexander Pechenkin – Lomonosov Moscow State University
The Statistical (Ensemble) Interpretation of Quantum
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