arXiv:quant-ph/9810019

A Beable Interpretation of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization Model

Léa Ferreira dos Santos, Carlos O. Escobar

Published Oct 6, 1998• 1 citation

Abstract

We extend the beable interpretation, due to Bell, to the continuous spontaneous localization model (CSL). Results obtained by Vink are generalized to the modified Schrodinger equation of Ghirardi, Pearle and Rimini (GPR), which allows a beable interpretation for position and momentum.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9810019

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