Constraints on the noise in dynamical reduction models
- Author(s)
- Kyrylo Simonov, Beatrix C. Hiesmayr
- Abstract
The dynamics of a quantum system with internal degrees of freedom undergoing spontaneous collapse in the position basis are analysed; e.g., neutral mesons or neutrinos. Surprisingly, the value of the Heaviside function θ(x) at x=0 that can in general be chosen in the interval [0,1] leads to different physical predictions. For the QMUPL (Quantum Mechanics with Universal Position Localization) model only a single value leads to probabilities conserving the particle number. Herewith the physical properties of the noise field can be constrained. This opens a road to study the physical properties of the noise field essential for collapse models.
- Organisation(s)
- Particle Physics
- Journal
- Physics Letters. Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
- Volume
- 380
- Pages
- 1253-1255
- No. of pages
- 3
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2016.01.042
- Publication date
- 03-2016
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103025 Quantum mechanics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/constraints-on-the-noise-in-dynamical-reduction-models(1ef62e12-012d-4a55-855f-3a7b08031bbf).html