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On spontaneous wave function collapse and quantum field theory
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One way of obtaining a version of quantum mechanics without observers, and thus of solving the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, is to modify the Schrödinger evolution by implementing spontaneous collapses of the wave function. An explicit model of this kind was proposed in 1986 by Ghirardi, Rimini & Weber (GRW), involving a nonlinear, stochastic evolution of the wave function. We point out how, by focusing on the essential mathematical structure of the GRW model and a clear ontology, it can be generalized to (regularized) quantum field theories in a simple and natural way.
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- Authors
- Tumulka, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Tumulka, Roderich
- ORCID
- Tumulka, Roderich
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2006-03-24
- Volume
- 462
- Issue
- 2070
- Pages
- 1897-1908
- ISSN
- 1364-5021 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2946
- OpenAlex
- W2171676563
- Semantic Scholar
- f38d4feb837d3751b34a795211435f04bb0dd89c
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- 144
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 3.66
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- journal article
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- en
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- arxiv.org
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Keywords
- spontaneous wave function collapse, quantum field theory, measurement problem, quantum ontology, regularization
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