A general argument against superluminal transmission through the quantum mechanical measurement process
@article{Ghirardi1980AGA, title={A general argument against superluminal transmission through the quantum mechanical measurement process}, author={Giancarlo Ghirardi and Alberto Rimini and Tullio Weber}, journal={Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)}, year={1980}, volume={27}, pages={293-298} }
In a r ecen t pape r (1) two of us have shown t h a t some recen t resul ts (~-4) abou t t he poss ib i l i ty of t r a n s m i t t i n g super lumina l signals t h r o u g h the collapse of t he wave funct ion have been ob ta ined using incorrec t a rgument s , e i ther mak ing use of con t r ad i c to ry a s sumpt ions {3,4) or d i s regard ing the l imi ta t ions on the func t ion ing of a ha l f -wave p la te which follow f rom the a s sumed ro ta t iona l invar iance of t he t h e o r y (2…
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