Failure of some theories of state reduction
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 43 (1) , 9-12
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.43.9
Abstract
Several recent theories involve a modification of the Schrödinger equation, which dynamically suppresses coherent superpositions of macroscopically different states and so avoids Schrödinger’s cat paradox. It is shown that these theories violate energy conservation and are incompatible with the existence of equilibrium and steady states. The reasons for these troubles are pointed out.Keywords
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