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Open Systems and Measurement in Relativistic Quantum Theory

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 526))

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This is a review of formalisms and models (nonrelativistic and relativistic) which modify Schrödinger’s equation so that it describes wavefunction collapse as a dynamical physical process.

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Pearle, P. (1999). Collapse models. In: Breuer, HP., Petruccione, F. (eds) Open Systems and Measurement in Relativistic Quantum Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 526. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104404

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