Paradoxes and Primitive Ontology in Collapse Theories of Quantum Mechanics

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2011-02-28

arxiv.org/abs/1102.5767v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

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Collapse theories are versions of quantum mechanics according to which the collapse of the wave function is a real physical process. They propose precise mathematical laws to govern this process and to replace the vague conventional prescription that a collapse occurs whenever an "observer" makes a "measurement." Although collapse theories have been invented to overcome the paradoxes of orthodox quantum mechanics, several authors have set up similar paradoxes in collapse theories. I argue here that these paradoxes evaporate as soon as a clear choice of the primitive ontology (i.e., of the variables in the theory representing the distribution of matter in space and time) is introduced, such as the flash ontology or the matter density ontology.

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