The quantum formalism and the GRW formalism

DOI10.1007/s10955-012-0587-6zbMath1260.82006arXiv0710.0885WikidataQ62036715 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 theory; primitive ontology; completely positive superoperator; empirical predictions; Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) theory of spontaneous wave functions collapse; limitations to knowledge; positive-operator-valued measure (POVM); predicted deviations from quantum mechanics; quantum theory without observers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

81P15: Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations

82B03: Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics

81P20: Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics)

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