Generalizations of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Physics
2009-01-01 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We review realistic models that reproduce quantum theory in some limit and yield potentially new physics outside that limit. In particular, we consider deterministic hidden-variables theories (such as the pilot-wave model) and their extension to 'quantum nonequilibrium', and we consider the continuous spontaneous localization model of wave function collapse. Other models are briefly discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0506115,
title = {Generalizations of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Philip Pearle and Antony Valentini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0506115},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
15 pages. Minor changes. To be published in: Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Physics, eds. J.-P. Francoise, G. Naber and T. S. Tsun (Elsevier, 2006)