The ‘unromantic pictures’ of quantum theory

@article{Tumulka2007TheP,
  title={The ‘unromantic pictures’ of quantum theory},
  author={Roderich Tumulka},
  journal={Journal of Physics A},
  year={2007},
  volume={40},
  pages={3245-3273}
}
  • R. Tumulka
  • Published 18 July 2006
  • Physics
  • Journal of Physics A
I am concerned with two views of quantum mechanics that John S Bell called 'unromantic': spontaneous wavefunction collapse and Bohmian mechanics. I discuss some of their merits and report about recent progress concerning extensions to quantum field theory and relativity. In the last section, I speculate about an extension of Bohmian mechanics to quantum gravity. 
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