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The Schr\"odinger--Newton (SN) equation provides a semiclassical framework for the evolution of self-gravitating of massive quantum systems. We propose a two-body Schr\"odinger--Newton model that separates local nonlinear self-localization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Marcin Płodzień , Julia Osęka-Lenart , Maciej Lewenstein , Michał Eckstein

The Eherenfest theorem states that Schrodinger representation of quantum mechanics (wave mechanics) reproduces Newton laws of motion in terms of expectation values. Remarkably, the contrary is considered elusive and, indeed, many authors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Michele Marrocco

From the mathematical side, nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations are usually investigated via variational methods, that cease to work in higher dimensions. This thesis tries to overcome this problem by focusing on spherically symmetric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Filip Ficek

The gravity-related model of spontaneous wave function collapse, a longtime hypothesis, damps the massive Schr\"odinger Cat states in quantum theory. We extend the hypothesis and assume that spontaneous wave function collapses are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-19 Lajos Diósi

We study a model of spontaneous wavefunction collapse for a free quantum particle. We analyze in detail the time evolution of the single-Gaussian solution and the double-Gaussian solution, showing how the reduction mechanism induces the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-25 A. Bassi

The Schr\"odinger equation is universally accepted due to its excellent predictions aligning with observed results within its defined conditions. Nevertheless, it does not seem to possess the simplicity of fundamental laws, such as Newton's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Xuefeng Bao

Using Nottale's theory of scale relativity relying on a fractal space-time, we derive a generalized Schr\"odinger equation taking into account the interaction of the system with the external environment. This equation describes the…

General Physics · Physics 2017-11-27 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We take a closer and new look at the effects of tidal forces on the free fall of a quantum particle inside a spherically symmetric gravitational field. We derive the corresponding Schr\"odinger equation for the particle by starting from the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-01 F. Hammad , P. Sadeghi , N. Fleury , A. Leblanc

We propose nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with gravitational self-interacting term. The separability conditions of Bialynicki-Birula are satisfied in asymptotic sense. Solitonlike solutions were found.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-30 L. Diósi

The functional Schrodinger equation is used to study the quantum collapse of a gravitating, spherical domain wall and a massless scalar field coupled to the metric. The approach includes backreaction of pre-Hawking radiation on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 Tanmay Vachaspati

Nonlinearity in the Schr\"odinger equation gives rise to rich phenomena such as soliton formation, modulational instability, and self-organization in diverse physical systems. Motivated by recent advances in engineering nonlinear gauge…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-09-24 Harvey Cao , Daniel Leykam

The simplest nonlinear Schrodinger equation that contains the time derivative of the probability density is investigated. This equation has the same stationary solutions as its linear counterpart, and these solutions are the eigenstates of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-13 Ji Luo

We consider the high-order nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation derived earlier by Sedletsky [Ukr. J. Phys. 48(1), 82 (2003)] for the first-harmonic envelope of slowly modulated gravity waves on the surface of finite-depth irrotational,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-05-28 I. S. Gandzha , Yu. V. Sedletsky , D. Dutykh

We investigate the problem of metric fluctuations in the presence of the vacuum fluctuations of matter fields and critically assess the usual assertion that vacuum energy implies a Planckian cosmological constant. A new stochastic classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-06-19 Charles H. -T. Wang , Paolo M. Bonifacio , Robert Bingham , J. Tito Mendonca

We modify the time dependent Schr\"odinger-Newton equation by using a potential for a solid sphere suggested by J\"a\"askel\"ainen (J\"a\"askel\"ainen 2012 Phys. Rev. A 86 052105) as well as a hollow-sphere potential. Compared to our recent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-07 Domenico Giulini , André Großardt

We find vacuum solutions such that massive gravitons are confined in a local spacetime region by their gravitational energy in asymptotically flat spacetimes in the context of the bigravity theory. We call such self-gravitating objects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-14 Katsuki Aoki , Kei-ichi Maeda , Yosuke Misonoh , Hirotada Okawa

In this paper we show that the Schr\"odinger-Newton equation for spherically symmetric gravitational fields can be derived in a WKB-like expansion in 1/c from the Einstein-Klein-Gordon and Einstein-Dirac system.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-10-08 Domenico Giulini , André Großardt

A stochastic Schr\"odinger equation is presented to describe simultaneous continuous measurement of the position and momentum of a non-relativistic particle. The equation is solved to yield a state localised in position and momentum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Daniel J. Bedingham

In this paper, the classical Schr\"odinger equation, which allows the study of classical dynamics in terms of wave functions, is analyzed theoretically and numerically. First, departing from classical (Newtonian) mechanics, and assuming an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Albert Benseny , David Tena , Xavier Oriols

We consider the modification of a single particle Schr\"{o}dinger equation by the inclusion of an additional gravitational self-potential term which follows from the prescription that the' mass-density'that enters this term is given by $m…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Vikram Soni