How a wave function can collapse without violating Schrödinger's equation, and how to understand Born's rule

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Abstract

It is often claimed that the collapse of the wave function and Born's rule to interpret the square of the norm as a probability, have to be introduced as separate axioms in quantum mechanics besides the Schroedinger equation. Here we show that this is not true in certain models where quantum behavior can be attributed to underlying deterministic equations. It is argued that indeed the apparent spontaneous collapse of wave functions and Born's rule are features that strongly point towards determinism underlying quantum mechanics.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages15
JournalTijdschrift: tijdelijk onbekend
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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Preprint ITP-UU-11/43 (SPIN-11/34)

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