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The frictional Schr\"odinger-Newton equation in models of wave function collapse

Quantum Physics 2008-03-06 v1

Abstract

Replacing the Newtonian coupling G by -iG, the Schrodinger-Newton equation becomes ``frictional''. Instead of the reversible Schrodinger-Newton equation, we advocate its frictional version to generate the set of pointer states for macroscopic quantum bodies.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0703170,
  title  = {The frictional Schr\"odinger-Newton equation in models of wave function collapse},
  author = {Lajos Diósi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0703170},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6pp LaTeX for J.Phys.Conf.Ser.+2 figs. Talk given at the Int. Workshop DICE2006 "Quantum Mechanics between Decoherence and Determinism: new aspects from particle physics to cosmology" Piombino, Sept 11-15, 2006