Gravitation and the noise needed in objective reduction models
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-05 v5 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Quantum Physics
Abstract
I briefly recall intersections of my research interests with those of John Bell. I then argue that the noise needed in theories of objective state vector reduction most likely comes from a fluctuating complex part in the classical spacetime metric, that is, state vector reduction is driven by {\it complex number valued} "spacetime foam".
Cite
@article{arxiv.1401.0353,
title = {Gravitation and the noise needed in objective reduction models},
author = {Stephen L. Adler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0353},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Essay for the John Bell anthology being assembled by Mary Bell and Shan Gao; 11 pages; v2 has changes in the discussion of the Diosi-Penrose proposal, and an added reference; v3 incorporates corrections to the index structure in Eq.(6); v5 has an added Appendix and reformatted references and an alternative correction to indices in Eq. (6). v5 corresponds to the anthology version