Quantum Measurement as Admissibility Collapse: A Structural Interpretation within the Paton System
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper presents a structural interpretation of quantum measurement within the Paton System framework. Quantum systems are described as occupying sets of admissible configurations prior to measurement. Measurement is treated as a constraint interaction that reduces the admissible configuration set to a single outcome. Collapse is understood as the reduction of admissible configurations under constraint rather than as an additional physical mechanism. The observed outcome corresponds to the configuration that satisfies the combined constraints at the point of interaction. This framework does not modify quantum mechanics and introduces no new ontology. It provides a pre-theoretical structural lens describing measurement as the resolution of admissibility under constraint.
Author: Paton, Andrew John
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7140089468
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