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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

Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model of Quantum Mechanics modifies Schr\"{o}dinger equation by adding non-linear stochastic terms due to which the total energy of a system increases with a constant rate which is proportional to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-04 Suratna Das , Kinjalk Lochan , Angelo Bassi

Spontaneous wavefunction collapse models offer a solution to the quantum measurement problem, by modifying the Schr\"odinger equation with nonlinear and stochastic terms. The Continuous Spontaneous Localisation (CSL) model is the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-26 Davide Giordano Ario Altamura , Andrea Vinante , Matteo Carlesso

Despite the unquestionable empirical success of quantum theory, witnessed by the recent uprising of quantum technologies, the debate on how to reconcile the theory with the macroscopic classical world is still open. Spontaneous collapse…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 A. Vinante , M. Carlesso , A. Bassi , A. Chiasera , S. Varas , P. Falferi , B. Margesin , R. Mezzena , H. 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

In this paper, new upper limits on the parameters of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) collapse model are extracted. To this end, the X-ray emission data collected by the IGEX collaboration are analyzed and compared with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-06 K. Piscicchia , A. Bassi , C. Curceanu , R. Del Grande , S. Donadi , B. C. Hiesmayr , A. Pichler

The Continuous Spontaneous Localisation (CSL) model is the most studied among collapse models, which describes the breakdown of the superposition principle for macroscopic systems. Here, we derive an upper bound on the parameters of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Davide Giordano Ario Altamura , Matteo Carlesso , Sandro Donadi , Angelo Bassi

{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

Collapse models predict a tiny violation of energy conservation, as a consequence of the spontaneous collapse of the wave function. This property allows to set experimental bounds on their parameters. We consider an ultrasoft magnetically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-09 A. Vinante , M. Bahrami , A. Bassi , O. Usenko , G. Wijts , T. H. Oosterkamp

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…

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

Continuous spontaneous localisation (CSL) is a model that captures the effects of a class of extensions to quantum theory which are expected to result from quantum gravity, and is such that wavefunction collapse is a physical process. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-22 Ying Li , Andrew M. Steane , Daniel Bedingham , G. Andrew D. Briggs

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

Collapse models explain the absence of quantum superpositions at the macroscopic scale, while giving practically the same predictions as quantum mechanics for microscopic systems. The Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-10 Andrea Smirne , Angelo Bassi

Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) is one possible explanation for dynamically induced collapse of the wave-function during a quantum measurement. The collapse is mediated by a stochastic non-linear modification of the Schrodinger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-14 Sayantani Bera , Bhawna Motwani , Tejinder P. Singh , Hendrik Ulbricht

The Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model is the best known and studied among collapse models, which modify quantum mechanics and identify the fundamental reasons behind the unobservability of quantum superpositions at the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-22 Matteo Carlesso , Mauro Paternostro , Hendrik Ulbricht , Andrea Vinante , Angelo Bassi

Quantum mechanics, which governs all microscopic phenomena, encounters challenges when applied to macroscopic objects that exhibit classical behavior. To address this micro-macro disparity, collapse models such as the Continuous Spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Qi Dai , Haixing Miao , Yiqiu Ma

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

The Continuous Spontaneous Localisation (CSL) model solves the measurement problem of standard quantum mechanics, by coupling the mass density of a quantum system to a white-noise field. Since the mass density is not uniquely defined in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-15 Jerome Martin , Vincent Vennin

The Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model has been proposed as a possible solution to the quantum measurement problem by modifying the Schr\"{o}dinger equation. In this work, we apply the CSL model to two cosmological models of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-21 Gabriel Leon , Gabriel R. Bengochea , Susana J. Landau
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