Gregg S. Jaeger

About

Gregg S. Jaeger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences & Mathematics at Boston University. His educational background includes a BS in Mathematics, Philosophy, and Physics from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD in Physics from Boston University. His teaching interests encompass mathematics, philosophy of science, and physics, while his research focuses on the foundations of physics, information theory, and quantum optics. Jaeger has authored numerous books and articles on topics such as quantum arrangements, quantum metrology, quantum information, and the philosophy of quantum mechanics. He has contributed to the understanding of quantum entanglement, measurement, and the conceptual underpinnings of quantum theory. Additionally, he holds patents related to quantum computing and information processing. Jaeger is actively involved in professional activities, including affiliations with the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, editorial roles in scientific publications, and recognition through awards such as the Peyton Richter Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching and the Ismail Sensel Award for Excellence in Research.

Research topics

• Classical mechanics
• Mathematics
• Theoretical physics
• Physics
• Quantum mechanics
• Philosophy
• Pure mathematics
• Epistemology
• Statistical physics

Selected publications

• Are Virtual Particles Less Real?

  Entropy · 2019-02-02 · 38 citations

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  The question of whether virtual quantum particles exist is considered here in light of previous critical analysis and under the assumption that there are particles in the world as described by quantum field theory. The relationship of the classification of particles to quantum-field-theoretic calculations and the diagrammatic aids that are often used in them is clarified. It is pointed out that the distinction between virtual particles and others and, therefore, judgments regarding their reality…

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• Quantum contextuality in the Copenhagen approach

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2019-09-16 · 18 citations

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  The origin and basis of the notion of quantum contextuality is identified in the Copenhagen approach to quantum mechanics, where context is automatically invoked by its requirement that the experimental arrangement involved in any measurements or set of measurements be taken into account while, in general, the outcome of a measurement may depend on other measurements immediately preceding or jointly performed on the same system. For Bohr, the specification of the experimental situation of any me…

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• Quantum Contextuality and Indeterminacy

  Entropy · 2020 · 14 citations

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  quantum observables, by formalizing quantum context via coexistent generalized observables rather than only its subset of compatible sharp observables. Here, the question of whether such quantum contextuality follows from basic quantum principles is then addressed, and it is shown that the Principle of Indeterminacy is sufficient for at least one form of non-trivial contextuality. Contextuality is thus seen to be a natural feature of quantum mechanics rather than something arising only from the…

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• Developments in Quantum Probability and the Copenhagen Approach

  Entropy · 2018-05-31 · 13 citations

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  In the Copenhagen approach to quantum mechanics as characterized by Heisenberg, probabilities relate to the statistics of measurement outcomes on ensembles of systems and to individual measurement events via the actualization of quantum potentiality. Here, brief summaries are given of a series of key results of different sorts that have been obtained since the final elements of the Copenhagen interpretation were offered and it was explicitly named so by Heisenberg-in particular, results from the…

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• Exchange Forces in Particle Physics

  Foundations of Physics · 2021 · 12 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Andrei Khrennikov

  67 shared

• Andrei Yu. Khrenniko

  66 shared

• Jan-Åke Larsson

  64 shared

• Guillaume Adenier

  57 shared

• Stig Stenholm

  KTH Royal Institute of Technology

  55 shared

• Luigi Accardi

  University of Rome Tor Vergata

  53 shared

• Christopher A. Fuchs

  University of New Mexico

  50 shared

• Alexander V. Sergienko

  31 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1985

• B.S., Chemistry

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1980

Awards & honors

• Peyton Richter Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching, Boston…
• Kavli Fellow, 2008
• Ismail Sensel Award for Excellence in Research, Boston Unive…

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