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Are quantum measurements on macroscopic bodies feasible?

Quantum Physics 2015-05-18 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

The possibility to test quantum measurement theories is discussed in the more phenomenological framework of the quantum nondemolition theory. A simple test of the hypothesis of the state vector collapse is proposed by looking for deviations from the Boltzmann distribution of the energy associated to only one complex amplitude of a macroscopic harmonic oscillator.

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@article{arxiv.1003.5044,
  title  = {Are quantum measurements on macroscopic bodies feasible?},
  author = {Roberto Onofrio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5044},
  year   = {2015}
}