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We consider the relation between time-discrete and continuous models for wave function collapse. In the special case of the original GRW model and the Diósi model, it can be made mathematically precise how the latter arises as a scaling limit of the former.
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Hinrichs, G. (2021). On the Continuum Limit of the GRW Model. In: Allori, V., Bassi, A., Dürr, D., Zanghi, N. (eds) Do Wave Functions Jump? . Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 198. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46777-7_13
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