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Spontaneous localization for a charged particle in non-relativistic quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The interaction of a moving charged particle with its coherent electromagnetic field is analysed in the framework of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. It is shown that, when this interaction is taken into account, a spatially localized state may have a mean energy lower than the one corresponding to a delocalized state.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0202049,
  title  = {Spontaneous localization for a charged particle in non-relativistic quantum mechanics},
  author = {F. Miglietta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0202049},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages; Sec.2 and Sec.7 substantially rewritten