The Fermionic Projector, Entanglement, and the Collapse of the Wave Function

Abstract

After a brief introduction to the fermionic projector approach, we review how entanglement and second quantized bosonic and fermionic fields can be described in this framework. The constructions are discussed with regard to decoherence phenomena and the measurement problem. We propose a mechanism leading to the collapse of the wave function in the quantum mechanical measurement process.

17 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures, minor changes (published version)