Actual and Virtual Events in the Quantum Domain Fred Kronz
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Fred Kronz
The actual/virtual distinction is used to give an alternative account of quantum interference by way of a new theory of probability. The new theory is obtained by changing one of the axioms of the canonical theory of probability while keeping the other axioms fixed. It is used to give an alternative account of constructive quantum interference in the two-slit experiment. The account crucially involves a distinction between actual and virtual probabilities. Although actual probabilities are operational and virtual probabilities are not, there is a substantial connection between them. Virtual probabilities may be obtained indirectly from actual probabilities. In showing this, interpretive considerations are brought to bear including some having to do with quantum non-locality. Directions for future research are discussed in closing.
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Kronz, Fred. “Actual and Virtual Events in the Quantum Domain Fred Kronz”. Ontology studies, no. 9, pp. 209-20, https://raco.cat/index.php/Ontology/article/view/173278.