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A model reproducing the predictions of relativistic quantum theory to any desired degree of accuracy is described in this chapter. It involves quantities that are independent of the observer’s knowledge, and therefore can be called real, and which are defined at each point in space, and therefore can be called local in a rudimentary sense. It involves faster-than-light, but not instantaneous, action at a distance.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098.
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Eberhard, P.H. (1989). A Realistic Model for Quantum Theory With a Locality Property. In: Schommers, W. (eds) Quantum Theory and Pictures of Reality. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95570-9_4
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