The Emergence of Reality: A Path Integral Interpretation of the Many Unreal Worlds
The standard interpretations of quantum mechanics, particularly the Copenhagen and Many-Worlds (MWI) views, fail to provide a satisfactory, physically localized mechanism for wave function collapse or the appearance of a single classical reality. This paper proposes the <i>Emergent Universe from Many Unreal World Interpretation (MUWI)</i><i>,</i> a novel framework that integrates concepts from the <i>Feynman Path Integral Formulation (PIF)</i><i>, t</i><i>he </i><i>Holographic Principle</i><i>,</i> and the concept of <i>quantized spacetime</i>. MUWI posits that reality emerges from a finite, pre-existent set of <i>Unreal Spacetime Fabrics</i>, each corresponding to a potential quantum state, or "address." We establish a formal equivalence between these unreal fabrics and the <i>"sum over histories"</i> in the Path Integral Formulation (PIF). The particle’s quantum state is the <i>propagator</i>, calculated as the collective interference of all potential states (shadows) across these fabrics. The critical distinction lies in the collapse mechanism: Measurement is not a branching event, but an <i>irreversible, informational event</i>-an "address change"-triggered by the interaction of a true particle with a shadow. This interaction enforces a new boundary condition, instantaneously collapsing the PIF to a single history (the observed outcome) and transferring the particle's quantum information across a non-local holographic plane. This approach <i>proposes</i> a localized, geometric mechanism for wave function collapse, <i>offers a consistent explanation for</i> the paradox of retrocausality in delayed-choice experiments, and <i>suggests</i> a fundamental link between the quantum wave and the emergent geometry of spacetime.
Authors
- Bhushan Poojary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5122-0236)
Institutions
- NIMS University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Modern Physics
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajmp.20251406.13
- Primary Topic
- Algebraic and Geometric Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00