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The GRW Flash Theory: A Relativistic Quantum Ontology of Matter in Space-Time?

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Michael Esfeld  and
Nicolas Gisin
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Abstract

John Bell proposed an ontology for the GRW (Ghirardi, Rimini, and Weber) modification of quantum mechanics in terms of flashes occurring at space-time points. This article spells out the motivation for this ontology, inquires into the status of the wave function in it, critically examines the claim of its being Lorentz invariant, and considers whether it is a parsimonious but nevertheless physically adequate ontology.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 248 - 264
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Footnotes

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We are grateful to Jeff Barrett, Matthias Egg, Roderich Tumulka, Christian Wüthrich, and the participants of the summer school “Physics and Philosophy of Time” in Saig (Germany) in July 2013 for discussion and to three anonymous referees for Philosophy of Science for helpful comments.

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