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This is a short review of the Spontaneuos Localisation Program, which yields quantum theories without observers, without adding extra variables to the wavefunction. After a short review of the various interpretations of quantum mechanics, I dicuss the discrete version of the spontaneous localisation process in connection with the measurement problem, and after introducing the fundamental notion of “compoundation invariance” I turn to the description of a continuous version of the localisation process.
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Rimini, A. (2001). Chance of Reduction as Chance of Spontaneous Localisation. In: Bricmont, J., Ghirardi, G., Dürr, D., Petruccione, F., Galavotti, M.C., Zanghi, N. (eds) Chance in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 574. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44966-3_9
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