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The Conway-Kochen Argument and Relativistic GRW Models

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In a recent paper, Conway and Kochen proposed what is now known as the “Free Will theorem” which, among other things, should prove the impossibility of combining GRW models with special relativity, i.e., of formulating relativistically invariant models of spontaneous wavefunction collapse. Since their argument basically amounts to a non-locality proof for any theory aiming at reproducing quantum correlations, and since it was clear since very a long time that any relativistic collapse model must be non-local in some way, we discuss why the theorem of Conway and Kochen does not affect the program of formulating relativistic GRW models.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut der Universität München, Theresienstr. 39, 80333, München, Germany

    Angelo Bassi

  2. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34014, Trieste, Italy

    Angelo Bassi & GianCarlo Ghirardi

  3. Department of Theoretical Physics and I.N.F.N., Strada Costiera 11, 34014, Trieste, Italy

    GianCarlo Ghirardi

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Bassi, A., Ghirardi, G. The Conway-Kochen Argument and Relativistic GRW Models. Found Phys 37, 169–185 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9097-1

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