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The Local Many Worlds Interpretation (LMWI) of quantum mechanics, unlike the Everett Many Worlds interpretation, is an entirely separable Lorentz covariant theory in spacetime. LMWI explains observed violations of Bell inequalities using a straightforward locally causal mechanism, which requires multiple local worlds for each observer. An extension of this model to treat gravity works by reinterpreting topologically flat curved spacetime where free objects follow geodesics, as flat spacetime with gravitation effects on objects caused by massless particles leaving the source mass at c. A mass in a spatial superposition produces a superposition of these gravitational effects on the flat spacetime, instead of a superposition of differently curved spacetimes. We thus have a superposition of gravitational force on another mass, as well as superpositions of the local energy density due to the massless gravity-carrying particles, which effect the local rates of clocks, which correspond to many different local worlds of the affected mass. This generalization of LMWI is undeveloped, but it seems like a promising new approach to quantum gravity, and I will try to explain the basic ideas.
| Presenter's Name | Mordecai Waegell |
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| Presenter's Email Address | [email protected] |
| Keywords | Local Many Worlds, Bell's Theorem, Relativity, Quantum Gravity |
| Recording Permission | YES |
| Virtual Audience Permission | YES |
| Event Photography | I understand |
