PIRSA:18020060

Testing Quantum Mechanics in the Early Universe

Valentini, A. (2018). Testing Quantum Mechanics in the Early Universe. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/18020060

Valentini, Antony. Testing Quantum Mechanics in the Early Universe. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 14, 2018, https://pirsa.org/18020060 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:18020060,
            doi = {10.48660/18020060},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/18020060},
            author = {Valentini, Antony},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Testing Quantum Mechanics in the Early Universe},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2018},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:18020060 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Antony Valentini Clemson University

DOI 10.48660/18020060
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Hidden-variables theories account for quantum mechanics in terms of a particular 'equilibrium' distribution of underlying parameters corresponding to the Born rule. In the most well-studied example, the pilot-wave theory of de Broglie and Bohm, it is well established that the Born rule may be understood to arise from a process of dynamical relaxation. This 'quantum relaxation' may have taken place in the very early universe and could have left imprints on the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Such imprints amount to signatures of the decay of early violations of the Born rule. In this colloquium we summarise recent progress in making detailed predictions and in comparing them with the reported large-scale anomalies in the CMB data.