TY - JOUR
T1 - On some speculations about the state reductions of photons
AU - Albert, David Z.
AU - Vaidman, Lev
PY - 1992/12/14
Y1 - 1992/12/14
N2 - The spontaneous collapses of the wave functions of photons, within the framework of possible relativistic extensions of the theory of Ghirardi, Rimini, and Weber are discussed. It is shown that a recently published argument which claims that such collapses can account for the emergence of determinate outcomes of certain experiments involving fluorescent screens is inadequate, since it is based on an unreasonable speculation about the treatment of photons in the GRW theory.
AB - The spontaneous collapses of the wave functions of photons, within the framework of possible relativistic extensions of the theory of Ghirardi, Rimini, and Weber are discussed. It is shown that a recently published argument which claims that such collapses can account for the emergence of determinate outcomes of certain experiments involving fluorescent screens is inadequate, since it is based on an unreasonable speculation about the treatment of photons in the GRW theory.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(92)90674-B
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(92)90674-B
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AN - SCOPUS:44049109501
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 171
SP - 438
EP - 440
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 5-6
ER -