THE POINT PROCESSES OF THE GRW THEORY OF WAVE FUNCTION COLLAPSE

DOI10.1142/S0129055X09003608zbMATH Open1168.81002arXiv0711.0035WikidataQ56681208 ScholiaQ56681208MaRDI QIDQ3629907FDOQ3629907

Authors: Roderich Tumulka 

Publication date: 2 June 2009

Published in: Reviews in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) theory is a physical theory that, when combined with a suitable ontology, provides an explanation of quantum mechanics. The so-called collapse of the wave function is problematic in conventional quantum theory but not in the GRW theory, in which it is governed by a stochastic law. A possible ontology is the flash ontology, according to which matter consists of random points in space-time, called flashes. The joint distribution of these points, a point process in space-time, is the topic of this work. The mathematical results concern mainly the existence and uniqueness of this distribution for several variants of the theory. Particular attention is paid to the relativistic version of the GRW theory that I developed in 2004.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0035

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zbMATH Keywords

Dirac equationquantum theory without observersflash ontologyGhirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) theory of spontaneous wave function collapseDirac evolution between Cauchy surfaces and hyperboloidsrelativistic Lorentz covariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Special relativity (83A05)

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