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View SchemaHow Stands Collapse II
| Authors | Philip Pearle |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0611212 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611212 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1751-8113/40/12/S18 |
Abstract
I review ten problems associated with the dynamical wave function collapse program, which were described in the first of these two papers. Five of these, the \textit{interaction, preferred basis, trigger, symmetry} and \textit{superluminal} problems, were discussed as resolved there. In this volume in honor of Abner Shimony, I discuss the five remaining problems, \textit{tails, conservation law, experimental, relativity, legitimization}. Particular emphasis is given to the tails problem, first raised by Abner. The discussion of legitimization contains a new argument, that the energy density of the fluctuating field which causes collapse should exert a gravitational force. This force can be repulsive, since this energy density can be negative. Speculative illustrations of cosmological implications are offered.
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