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Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber model with massive flashes

Quantum Physics 2018-01-31 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

I introduce a modification of the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) model in which the flashes (or collapse space-time events) source a classical gravitational field. The resulting semi-classical theory of Newtonian gravity preserves the statistical interpretation of quantum states of matter in contrast with mean field approaches. It can be seen as a discrete version of recent proposals of consistent hybrid quantum classical theories. The model is in agreement with known experimental data and introduces new falsifiable predictions: (1) single particles do not self-interact, (2) the 1/r1/r gravitational potential of Newtonian gravity is cut-off at short (107\lesssim 10^{-7}m) distances, and (3) gravity makes spatial superpositions decohere at a rate inversely proportional to that coming from the vanilla GRW model. Together, the last two predictions make the model experimentally falsifiable for \emph{all} values of its parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1709.03809,
  title  = {Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber model with massive flashes},
  author = {Antoine Tilloy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.03809},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, close to published version

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