A Toy Model for Local and Deterministic Wave-function Collapse

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01327v5
• Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:12:36 GMT
• Title: A Toy Model for Local and Deterministic Wave-function Collapse
• Authors: Sandro Donadi, Sabine Hossenfelder
• Abstract summary: A local, deterministic toy model for quantum mechanics is introduced and discussed. It is demonstrated that, when averaged over the hidden variables, the model produces the same predictions as quantum mechanics.
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• Abstract: A local, deterministic toy model for quantum mechanics is introduced and discussed. It is demonstrated that, when averaged over the hidden variables, the model produces the same predictions as quantum mechanics. In the model considered here, the dynamics depends only on the settings of the measurement device at the detection time, not how those settings were chosen. As a consequence, the model is locally causal but violates statistical independence. We show that it is neither fine-tuned nor allows for superluminal signalling.

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