Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: 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 Emergent Universe from Many Unreal World Interpretation (MUWI), a novel framework that integrates concepts from the Feynman Path Integral Formulation (PIF), the Holographic Principle, and the concept of quantized spacetime. MUWI posits that reality emerges from a finite, pre-existent set of Unreal Spacetime Fabrics, each corresponding to a potential quantum state, or "address." We establish a formal equivalence between these unreal fabrics and the "sum over histories" in the Path Integral Formulation (PIF). The particle’s quantum state is the propagator, 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 irreversible, informational event-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 proposes a localized, geometric mechanism for wave function collapse, offers a consistent explanation for the paradox of retrocausality in delayed-choice experiments, and suggests a fundamental link between the quantum wave and the emergent geometry of spacetime.
Author: Bhushan Poojary
Institution: NIMS University
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7117237138