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Time anisotropy and quantum measurement: Clues for transcending the geometric picture of time

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The yet-unknown origin of the various manifest time asymmetries seems to be related to another persistent problem, namely, the lack of a satisfactory explanation for the presumed “collapse of the wave function” in quantum mechanics. An experiment is proposed to test some hypotheses concernign both quantum collapse and the origin of time asymmetries.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

    Avshalom C. Elitzur

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Elitzur, A.C. Time anisotropy and quantum measurement: Clues for transcending the geometric picture of time. Astrophys Space Sci 244, 313–319 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642301

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