Volume 19: Pages 422-429, 2006

Causal Loops and Collapse in the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

Louis Marchildon ¹

¹Département de physique, Université du Québec, Trois‐Rivìres, Québec G9A 5H7 Canada

Cramer's transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics is reviewed, and a number of issues related to advanced interactions and state vector collapse are analyzed. Where some have suggested that Cramer's predictions may not be correct or definite, I argue that they are, but I point out that the classical‐quantum distinction problem in the Copenhagen interpretation has its parallel in the transactional interpretation.

Keywords: quantum mechanics, transactional interpretation, causal loops, advanced interactions, collapse

Received: March 1, 2006; Published Online: December 15, 2008