In Many Minds About the Many-Worlds Interpretation of QM

List of confirmed participants so far and proposed reference material

Prof. N. D. Hari Dass, PPISR and CHEP, IISc, Bengaluru
Prof. K. Srinivasan, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru
Prof. Debendranath Sahoo, Sri Sathya Sai University and PPISR
Prof. Dipankar Home, J. C. Bose Institute
Prof. Patrick Dasgupta, Delhi University
Prof. Tabish Qureishi, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi
Prof. Arvind, IISER, Mohali
Prof. Anu Venugopalan, Guru Nanak Dev University, Delhi
Prof. B. S. Ramachandra, Center for Fundamental Research and Creative Education, Bengaluru
Prof. Archan Majumdar, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
Prof. R. Srikanth, PPISR, Bengaluru
Dr. Alok Pan, Bose Institute, Kolkata
Mr. Ebad Kamil, IISER, Kolkata
Mr. Soumyakanti Ganguly, IISc, Bengaluru
Mr. Jebarathinam, IISER, Mohali
Ms. Pratiti Biswas, CFRCE, Bengaluru
Ms. Manogna Shastry, CFRCE, Bengaluru
Mr. V. Ranjith, Mysore University, Mysore
Mr. H. Srikanth, Kawasaki Electronics, Bengaluru

A original projected distribution of topics is available here.. The final program schedule for the meeting is as follows:

17 Dec, 2009: Prelude

Time	Talk	Speaker
9:30 -- 10:30	The quantum measurement problem	Prof. D. Home
10:30 -- 11:00	tea break
11:00 -- 12:00	Measurements: von Neumann, Protective, Arthurs-Kelley	Prof. N. D. Hari Dass
12:00 -- 1:00	Weak measurements	Prof. D. Sahoo
1:00 -- 2:30	lunch break
2:30 -- 3:30	The issue of Time	Prof. B. S. Ramachandra
3:30 -- 4:00	tea break
4:00 -- 5:00	Decoherence -- I	Prof. T. Qureishi
6:00 -- 7:00	Consistent Histories	Prof. Arvind
7:30 -- 8:30	Decoherence -- II	Prof. Anu Venugopalan

18 Dec, 2009: Relative state formalism and MWI

Time	Talk	Speaker
9:30 -- 10:30	Everett's original article -- I	Prof. N. D. Hari Dass
10:30 -- 11:00	tea break
11:00 -- 12:00	Everett's original article -- II	Prof. D. Sahoo
12:00 -- 12:15	short break
12:15 -- 1:15	Cooper and Van Vechten paper	Prof. N. D. Hari Dass
1:15 -- 2:30	lunch break
2:30 -- 3:30	Hartle's proposal	Prof. Patrick Das Gupta
3:30 -- 4:00	tea break
4:00 -- 5:00	DeWitt's proposal & Squire's critique	Prof. N. D. Hari Dass

19 Dec, 2009: MWI: later versions, and critiques

Time	Talk	Speaker
9:30 -- 10:30	Tanaka's proposal	Prof. R. Srikanth
10:30 -- 11:00	tea break
11:00 -- 12:00	Deutsch, Wallace and Zurek proposals; various critiques	Mr. Ebad Kamil
12:00 -- 1:00	MWI in quantum cosmology	Prof. B. S. Ramachandra
1:00 -- 2:30	lunch break
2:30 -- 3:30	MWI: empirical aspects; quantum computation	Prof. R. Srikanth
3:30 -- 4:00	tea break

Suggested reading material (suggested by):

J. B. Hartle. Quantum mechanics of individual systems. American Journal of Physics, Vol.36, 704-712 (1968) [PD]
D. Wallace. A formal proof of the Born rule from decision-theoretic assumptions. arXiv [EK]
J Mallah. Decision theory is a red herring for MWI. arXiv. [EK]
R. V. Buniy, S.D.H.Hsu and A. Zee. Discreteness and the origin of probability in quantum mechanics. arXiv. [PD]
Max Tegmark. Many Worlds in Context. arXiv [EK]
A. Kent. One world versus many: the inadequacy of Everettian accounts of evolution, probability, and scientific confirmation. arXiv. [EK]
C. Simon. Conscious observers clarify many worlds. arXiv [RS]
Robert A. Van Wesep. Many worlds and the emergence of probability in quantum mechanics. Annals of Physics 321 (2006) 2438-2452. arXiv. [RS]
Fuyuhiko Tanaka. New derivation of Born's law and parameter estimation based on a relative state formulation. arXiv. [RS]
Casey Blood. Problems with Probability in Everett's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. arXiv. [RS]

General reading: