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A Relativistic GRW Flash Process With Interaction

Quantum Physics 2023-07-11 v2

Abstract

In 2004, I described a relativistic version of the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) model of spontaneous wave function collapse for N non-interacting distinguishable particles. Here I present a generalized version for N interacting distinguishable particles. Presently, I do not know how to set up a similar model for indistinguishable particles or a variable number of particles. The present interacting model is constructed from a given interacting unitary Tomonaga-Schwinger type evolution between spacelike hypersurfaces, into which discrete collapses are inserted. I assume that this unitary evolution is interaction-local (i.e., no interaction at spacelike separation). The model is formulated in terms of Bell's flash ontology but is also compatible with Ghirardi's matter density ontology. It is non-local and satisfies microscopic parameter independence and no-signaling; it also works in curved space-time; in the non-relativistic limit, it reduces to the known non-relativistic GRW model.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2002.00482,
  title  = {A Relativistic GRW Flash Process With Interaction},
  author = {Roderich Tumulka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.00482},
  year   = {2023}
}

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27 pages LaTeX, 7 figures, 1 figure file

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