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On the Verification of the Multiverse

Thomas Stenersen1
  • 1 Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway

Abstract

The interpretation of measurements in quantum mechanics has been disputed for over a century. The scope of this study is to find an experimental test of Everett’s many-worlds interpretation that could potentially verify the existence of a multiverse. Our proposal is based on a quantum field theory formulation of the many-worlds interpretation through the path integral formalism and a careful choice of the vacuum state. By generalizing the earlier quantum suicide thought experiment to quantum field theory, we find that the many-worlds interpretation implies a measurable change in the lifetime of elementary particles.

Physics International
Volume 13 No. 1, 2022, 17-20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2022.17.20

Submitted On: 11 October 2022 Published On: 29 November 2022

How to Cite: Stenersen, T. (2022). On the Verification of the Multiverse. Physics International, 13(1), 17-20. https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2022.17.20

Open AccessCopyright: © 2022 Thomas Stenersen. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Quantum Physics
  • Many-Worlds Interpretation
  • Path Integral