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Perspectives of the Dynamical Reduction Program

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I will concentrate my attention on the so called Dynamical Reduction Program (DRP) some aspects of which deserve to be stressed. In particular I will mention some relatively recent results on the subject which are probably not familiar to the audience and I will focus on some crucial points which remain open and have to be faced before the program itself can be considered as a satisfactory and exact (in J.S. Bell’s sense [1] alternative to the so-called orthodox interpretation.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Trieste International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    Gian Carlo Ghirardi

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  1. Fyma: Unité de physique theorique et de physique mathematique, Université catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, 1348, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

    Jean Bricmont

  2. Department of Theoretical Physics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34100, Trieste, Italy

    Giancarlo Ghirardi

  3. Mathematisches Institut, Universiät München, Theresienstrasse 39, 80333, München, Germany

    Detlef Dürr

  4. Fakultät für Physik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Francesco Petruccione

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Zamboni 38, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Maria Carla Galavotti

  6. Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Dodecanesco 33, 16146, Genova, Italy

    Nino Zanghi

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Ghirardi, G.C. (2001). Perspectives of the Dynamical Reduction Program. 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_13

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