Thermodynamical cost of some interpretations of quantum theory

@article{Cabello2016ThermodynamicalCO,
  title={Thermodynamical cost of some interpretations of quantum theory},
  author={Ad{\'a}n Cabello and Mile Gu and Otfried Guhne and Jan-{\AA}ke Larsson and Karoline Wiesner},
  journal={Physical Review A},
  year={2016},
  volume={94},
  pages={052127}
}
The interpretation of quantum theory is one of the longest-standing debates in physics. Type I interpretations see quantum probabilities as determined by intrinsic properties of the observed system ... 
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