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The general class of theories is described, in which the probability distribution of the state vector collapses to a sum of 未 functions, one for each possible final state, with coefficients given by the Born rule. </p> </div> <br> <dl class="s-abstract-dl-horizontal"> <dt>Publication:</dt> <dd> <div id="article-publication">Physical Review A</div> </dd> <dt>Pub Date:</dt> <dd>June 2012</dd> <dt>DOI:</dt> <dd> <span> <a href="/link_gateway/2012PhRvA..85f2116W/doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.062116" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.1103/PhysRevA.85.062116</a> <i class="fa fa-external-link"></i> </span> </dd> <dt>arXiv:</dt> <dd> <span> <a href="/link_gateway/2012PhRvA..85f2116W/arXiv:1109.6462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arXiv:1109.6462</a> <i class="fa fa-external-link"></i> </span> </dd> <dt>Bibcode:</dt> <dd> <a href="/abs/2012PhRvA..85f2116W/abstract"> 2012PhRvA..85f2116W </a> <i class="icon-help" title="The bibcode is assigned by the ADS as a unique identifier for the paper."></i> </dd> <dt>Keywords:</dt> <dd> <ul class="list-inline"> <li>03.65.-w;</li> <li>Quantum mechanics;</li> <li>Quantum Physics;</li> <li>General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;</li> <li>Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics</li> </ul> </dd> <dt>E-Print:</dt> <dd> Version published in Phys. 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