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It is pointed out that ordinary quantum mechanics as a classical field theory cannot account for the wave function collapse if it is not seen within the framework of field quantization. That is needed to understand the particle structure of matter during wave function evolution and to explain the collapse as symmetry breakdown by detection. The decay of a two-particle bound s state and the Stern-Gerlach experiment serve as examples. The absence of the nonlocality problem in Bohm’s version of the EPR arrangement favours the approach described.
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Lewin, K. The Wave Function Collapse as an Effect of Field Quantization. Found Phys 39, 1145–1160 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-009-9330-9
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