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Art Hobson

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Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1983); University of California, Davis (1995)

15 h-index 144 pubs 904 cited

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Art Hobson's research focuses on the foundational aspects of quantum mechanics, particularly the measurement problem and quantum entanglement. His recent publications explore the implications of entanglement for nonlocality, referencing special relativity. He also investigates the nature of the classical electromagnetic field and considers various interpretations of quantum theory, including the role of quantum randomness.

Hobson's work delves into the fundamental theory of relativistic quantum fields. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 14, with 143 total publications and 880 citations. He has maintained recent activity, with publications in 2022 and 2024, indicating ongoing engagement with these complex theoretical physics topics.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 144
  • Citations: 904

Selected Publications

  • Resolution of the problem of definite outcomes (2025)
    Kragujevac Journal of Science DOI OpenAlex
  • Solving the Detection Problem (2024)
  • Entanglement, Nonlocality, and SR (2024)
  • Quanta and Their States (2024)
  • Fields and Their Quanta (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Classical (Non-quantized) EM Field (2024)
  • Quantum Foundations: Conclusions (2024)
  • Quantum Confusion: Foundations Are in Risky Disarray (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • More About Superpositions (2024)
  • A Few Interpretations (2024)
  • Quantum Randomness (2024)
  • There Are no Particles, There Are Only Quantized Fields (2024)
  • The Fundamental Theory: Relativistic Quantum Fields (2024)
  • More on the quantum measurement problem (2022)
    Physics Today 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Entanglement and the Measurement Problem (2022)
    Quantum Engineering 17 citations DOI OpenAlex

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