The quantum formalism and the GRW formalism

DOI10.1007/s10955-012-0587-6zbMath1260.82006arXiv0710.0885OpenAlexW1982371456WikidataQ62036715 ScholiaQ62036715MaRDI QIDQ690633

Roderich Tumulka, Nino Zanghì, Sheldon Goldstein

Publication date: 28 November 2012

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0885

zbMATH Keywords

quantum measurement theoryprimitive ontologycompletely positive superoperatorempirical predictionsGhirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) theory of spontaneous wave functions collapselimitations to knowledgepositive-operator-valued measure (POVM)predicted deviations from quantum mechanicsquantum theory without observers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

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