New Developments on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics Book

	Preface
1	The Hidden-Measurement Formalism: Quantum Mechanics as a Consequence of Fluctuations on the Measurement	1
2	A Model with Varying Fluctuations in the Measurement Context	7
3	Short-Time Behavior and Zero Effect in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	11
4	A Minimal Local Extension of the Quantum Formalism	17
5	Chaos and Decoherence in a Quantum System with a Regular Classical Counterpart	31
6	Quantum Computation	39
7	Superdiffusive Behavior in Weakly Chaotic Systems: A New Avenue to Quantum Macroscopic Manifestations	55
8	A Proof with 18 Vectors of the Bell-Kochen-Specker Theorem	59
9	Temporal Bell Inequalities and the Uncertainty Principle	63
10	Parametric Down-Conversion Experiments in the Wigner Representation	71
11	Negative Entropy in Quantum Information Theory	77
12	Stochastic Approach to the Tunnel Effect	85
13	Classical Physical Entities with a Quantum Description	103
14	Dynamical Effects Generated by the Current Fluctuations in a Long Solenoid	109
15	Coherent States and the Measurement Problem	115
16	Contextualism, Locality, and the No-Go Theorems	125
17	A State-Specific Proof of the Bell-Kochen-Specker Theorem Using Only 5 Propositions	133
18	Properties of a Causal Quantum Theory in Phase Space	137
19	From Quantum to Classical: the Quantum State Diffusion Model	141
20	Quantum Physics and the Problem of the Ontological Priority Between Continuous Quantity and Discrete Quantity	151
21	Localized and Delocalized States in Pyramidal Molecules	159
22	A Bigger Contradiction Between Quantum Theory and Locality for Two Particles without Inequalities	163
23	Irreversible Quantum Evolution for Unstable Systems in Lax-Phillips Scattering Theory	171
24	Dichotomic Functions and Bell's Theorems	185
25	Production and Uses of Hyper-Entangled States	189
26	From Newton to Schrodinger and Beyond	203
27	Quenching of Spontaneous Emission via Quantum Interference: Time Evolution	207
28	Quantum Mechanics on Discrete Space and Time	213
29	Symplectic Tomography of Schrodinger Cat States of a Trapped Ion	225
30	Magical Photon or Real Zeropoint?	231
31	Linear and Nonlinear Optical Response of a Dilute Bose Gas in the Condensation Regime	247
32	Quantum Measurement and Practice in Nuclear Physics	255
33	Quantum Predictions without Nonlocal Projections	259
34	The Emergence of Statistical Laws in Quantum Mechanics	265
35	Consistent Histories: A Critique	275
36	Immaterial Interpretation of Quantum Theory in the Context of Quantum Cosmology	285
37	Atom Interferometry for Quantum Gravity?	291
38	Quantum Nonlocality and Inseparability	301
39	Decoherence Limits to Quantum Factoring	311
40	Quantum Engineering with Trapped Ions	317
41	Many-Valued Interpretation of the Logic of Quantum Mechanics	325
42	No Point Particles, Definitely no Waves	329
43	Interference and Violation of Bell's Inequalities Using Separate Sources	335
44	Bell's Inequality for a Particle	347
45	Quantum Gravity Corrections for the Initial State of Gravitons	355
46	Quantum Privacy Amplification: A Secure Method for Cryptography	361
47	The Program of Local Hidden Variables	369
48	Noninvariant Velocity of Light and Locally Equivalent Reference Frames	381
49	Quantum Interferometry, Measurement and Objectivity: Some Basic Features Revisited	395
50	Effect of QED Fluctuations on the Dynamics of the Macroscopic Phase	403
51	What When Gleason's Theorem Fails?	415
52	Quantum Decoherence Induced by Gravitational Fluctuations in the Measurement Apparatus	421
53	Schrodinger Cat States in Quantum Optics	425
54	An Experimental Realization of Bohm's Spin-1/2 Particle EPR Gedanken Experiment	431
55	What is Achieved by Decoherence?	441
	Author Index	453