Keywords
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
R. B. Griffiths, “Consistent histories and the interpretation of quantum mechanics,” Journal of Statistical Physics 36, 219–72 (1984)
This subject is sometimes also referred to as “decoherent histories,” as in the early review paper by J. J. Halliwell, “A review of the decoherent histories approach to quantum mechanics,” Annals of the New York Academy of Science 755, 726–740 (1995).
For a readable account of the program to place consistent histories at the foundation of quantum mechanics, see R. Omnès, Understanding Quantum Mechanics (Princeton University Press, Princeton 1999). The most useful technical treatment is R. B. Griffiths, Consistent Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002). On the role of decoherence in the consistent histories approach, see M. Schlosshauer, “Decoherence, the measurement problem, and interpretations of quantum mechanics,” Reviews of Modern Physics 76, 1267–1305 (2004).
Griffiths, “Consistent histories” (Ref 1)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Thorndike, A. (2007). What Are Consistent Histories?. In: Quantum Mechanics at the Crossroads. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32665-6_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32665-6_8
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-32663-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-32665-6
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)