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Research Article · Open access · Published 29 November 2022

On the Verification of the Multiverse

Thomas Stenersen1

Physics International, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 17–20 · doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2022.17.20

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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.

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

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