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Philip Pearle

Quantum Physics · Submitted 29 Jan 1999

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The authors' main claim This is a review of formalisms and models (nonrelativistic and relativistic) which modify Schrodinger's equation so that it describes wavefunction collapse as a dynamical physical process.

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CitationPhilip Pearle. "Collapse Models." arXiv:quant-ph/9901077 (1999). https://pith.science/paper/VFEC4NXW
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This is a review of formalisms and models (nonrelativistic and relativistic) which modify Schrodinger's equation so that it describes wavefunction collapse as a dynamical physical process.

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This is a review of formalisms and models (nonrelativistic and relativistic) which modify Schrodinger's equation so that it describes wavefunction collapse as a dynamical physical process.

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  • The proposal was then to associate to the intrinsic breakdown of unitary evolution, which is typical of these dynamical collapse theories, [ref] (which were developed to deal with the measurement problem in standard quantum mechanics) all the information loss that takes place during the formation and subsequent Hawking evaporation of the black hole.

    Collapse of the wavefunction, the information paradox and backreaction · Introduction · 0.80

  • The first and is simplest successful model of this kind known as Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) theory [ref] , which was later improved to deal with identical particles in a scheme that makes wave-function collapse a continuous process and known as the CSL theory [ref] .

    Modelling non-paradoxical loss of information in black hole evaporation · Measurement problem and models of wave-function collapse · 0.91

  • For further discussion see [ref] .

    Black Holes: Information Loss But No Paradox · Brief review of the CSL theory · 0.86

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