How Stands Collapse II
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چکیده
I review ten problems associated with the dynamical wave function collapse program, which were described in the first of these two papers. Five of these, the interaction, preferred basis, trigger, symmetry and superluminal problems, were discussed as resolved there. In this volume in honor of Abner Shimony, I discuss the five remaining problems, tails, conservation law, experimental, relativity, legitimization. Particular emphasis is given to the tails problem, first raised by Abner. The discussion of legitimization contains a new argument, that the energy density of the fluctuating field which causes collapse should exert a gravitational force. This force can be repulsive, since this energy density can be negative. Speculative illustrations of cosmological implications are offered.
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