Smoothing the quantum collapse

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1973 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:International Journal of Theoretical Physics, volume 8, pages 231-235 (issn: 0020-7748, eissn: 1572-9575,

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Authors: C. J. S. Clarke;

doi: 10.1007/bf00678487

Smoothing the quantum collapse

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A generalisation of quantum theory is presented in which the state of the universe is represented by a vector which varies smoothly with time. In the presence of measurements a smoothed-out ‘collapse’ takes place, while in their absence conventional Hamiltonian dynamics are obtained.

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