21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Integration of Time-Symmetric Principles into Dynamical-Collapse Models to Formulate a Unified Framework for Objective Reduction

23 Jun 2026, 18:00
1h 30m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Poster (Non-Student) / Affiche (Non-étudiant(e)) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) DTP Poster Session & Student Poster Competition | Session d'affiches DPT et concours d'affiches étudiantes

Speaker

Dr Ikechukwu Okoro (Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria)

Description

The quantum measurement problem exposes a long-standing inconsistency between the linear, deterministic evolution prescribed by the Schrodinger equation and the stochastic, apparently discontinuous nature of measurement outcomes. In this study, we provide a unified analysis of the measurement problem, evaluating the limitations of existing theories while emphasizing the modern role of decoherence in motivating objective reduction. The central contribution of this study is the integration of time-symmetric principles into dynamical-collapse models. We demonstrate that wave-function collapse is not inherently time-asymmetric; instead, observed temporal directionality emerges from asymmetric boundary conditions applied to a symmetric dynamical foundation. By reframing measurement as a domain-dependent transition between dissipative and non-dissipative stochastic regimes, this framework offers a novel conceptual pathway toward a self-consistent resolution of quantum foundations.

Keyword-1 Measurement problem,
Keyword-2 Dynamical-collapse models
Keyword-3 Objective reduction

Author

Dr Ikechukwu Okoro (Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria)

Co-authors

Prof. Godfrey Ejiroghene Akpojotor (Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria) Dr Godwin Ibeh (Nigerian Defence Academy, Jaduna)

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