Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Reply to `Relativistic formulation of quantum state diffusion?'

Heinz‐Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione

Published Nov 27, 1998• 2 citations

Abstract

It has been demonstrated recently by the authors that the non-relativistic quantum state diffusion model can be generalized to yield a consistent, relativistically covariant theory. It is shown here that the `counterexample' constructed by Diósi can easily be disproven.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/31/47/020

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