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Models of spontaneous wave function collapse modify the linear Schr\"{o}dinger equation of standard Quantum Mechanics by adding stochastic non-linear terms to it. The aim of such models is to describe the quantum (linear) nature of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-14 Kinjalk Lochan , Suratna Das , Angelo Bassi

The Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model predicts a tiny break of energy conservation via a weak stochastic force acting on physical systems, which triggers the collapse of the wave function. Mechanical oscillators are a natural…

{The Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) theory alters the Schr\"odinger equation. It describes wave function collapse as a dynamical process instead of an ill-defined postulate, thereby providing macroscopic uniqueness and solving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-03 Franck Laloë , William J. Mullin , Philip Pearle

We investigate the phenomenology leading to the non-conservation of energy of the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) model from the viewpoint of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and use such framework to assess the equilibration…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-12-29 Simone Artini , Mauro Paternostro

A brief review is given of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model in which a classical field interacts with quantized particles to cause dynamical wavefunction collapse. One of the model's predictions is that particles…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip Pearle , James Ring , Juan I. Collar , Frank T. Avignone

Collapse models predict the spontaneous collapse of the wave function, in order to avoid the emergence of macroscopic superpositions. In their mass-dependent formulation they claim that the collapse of any system's wave function depends on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-25 S. Donadi , A. Bassi , C. Curceanu , A. Di Domenico , B. C. Hiesmayr

Collapse models postulate that space is filled with a collapse noise field, inducing quantum Brownian motions which are dominant during the measurement, thus causing collapse of the wave function. An important manifestation of collapse…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 Mohammad Bahrami

The possibility that the collapse of the wave function in quantum mechanics is a real and ultimately connected to (classical) gravity has been debated for decades, with main contributions by Di\'osi and Penrose. In particular, Di\'osi…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Andrea Vinante , Hendrik Ulbricht

Spontaneous collapse models predict that a weak force noise acts on any mechanical system, as a consequence of the collapse of the wave function. Significant upper limits on the collapse rate have been recently inferred from precision…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-20 A. Vinante , R. Mezzena , P. Falferi , M. Carlesso , A. Bassi

Spontaneous collapse models aim to resolve the measurement problem in quantum mechanics by considering wave-function collapse as a physical process. We analyze how these models affect a decaying flavor-oscillating system whose evolution is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Kyrylo Simonov

We present experimental tests of dissipative extensions of spontaneous wave function collapse models based on a levitated micromagnet with ultralow dissipation. The spherical micromagnet, with radius $R=27$ $\mu$m, is levitated by Meissner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 A. Vinante , G. Gasbarri , C. Timberlake , M. Toroš , H. Ulbricht

We make use of the powerful formalism of quantum parameter estimation to assess the characteristic rates of a Continuous Spontaneous Localisation (CSL) model affecting the motion of a massive mechanical system. We show that a study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 Marta Maria Marchese , Alessio Belenchia , Mauro Paternostro

The Caldeira-Leggett model describes a microscopic quantum system, represented by a harmonic oscillator, in interaction with a heat bath, represented by a large number of harmonic oscillators with a range of frequencies. We consider the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Venkitesh Ayyar , Berndt Müller

Models of spontaneous wave function collapse describe the quantum-to-classical transition by assuming a progressive breakdown of the superposition principle when the mass of the system increases, providing a well-defined phenomenology in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-20 Matteo Carlesso , Luca Ferialdi , Angelo Bassi

We propose a mechanism for testing the theory of collapse models such as continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) by examining the parametric heating rate of a trapped nanosphere. The random localizations of the centre-of-mass for a given…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 Daniel Goldwater , Mauro Paternostro , P. F. Barker

Wavefunction collapse models modify Schr\"odinger's equation so that it describes the collapse of a superposition of macroscopically distinguishable states as a dynamical process. This provides a basis for the resolution of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-26 Daniel Bedingham , Hendrik Ulbricht

Among the open problems in fundamental physics, few are as conceptually significant as the measurement problem in Quantum Mechanics. One of the proposed solutions to this problem is the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-11 Martin Miguel Ocampo , Marcelo M. Miller Bertolami , Gabriel León

The continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) theory of dynamical wave function collapse is an experimentally testable alternative to non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In it, collapse occurs because particles interact with a classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Philip Pearle

In this work, we consider the dynamics of the self-induced collapse of the tachyon wave function in inflationary scenarios. We analyze the modifications on the power spectrum by considering the $\beta$-exponential potential, whose…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 F. A. Brito , Julio C. M. Rocha , A. S. Lemos , A. S. Pereira

Collapse models are phenomenological models introduced to solve the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. They modify the Schr\"odinger equation by adding non-linear and stochastic terms, which induce the wavefunction collapse in space.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Matteo Carlesso , Sandro Donadi
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