Collapse models: Main properties and the state of art of the experimental tests

Matteo Carlesso; Sandro Donadi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31146-9_1

Collapse models: Main properties and the state of art of the experimental tests

Matteo Carlesso^*, Sandro Donadi

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Abstract

Collapse models represent one of the possible solutions to the measurement problem. These models modify the Schrödinger dynamics with nonlinear and stochastic terms, which guarantee the localization in space of the wave function avoiding macroscopic superpositions, like that described in Schrödinger’s cat paradox. The Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber (GRW) and the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) models are the most studied among the collapse models. Here, we briefly summarize the main features of these models and the advances in their experimental investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics- Proceedings of the 684. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, 2018
Editors	Bassano Vacchini, Heinz-Peter Breuer, Angelo Bassi
Publisher	Springer
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783030311452
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31146-9_1
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	684th WE-Heraeus-Seminar on Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics, 2018 - Bad Honnef, Germany Duration: 02 Dec 2018 → 05 Dec 2018

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Name	Springer Proceedings in Physics
Volume	237
ISSN (Print)	0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-4941

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Conference	684th WE-Heraeus-Seminar on Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics, 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bad Honnef
Period	02/12/2018 → 05/12/2018

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Carlesso, M., & Donadi, S. (2019). Collapse models: Main properties and the state of art of the experimental tests. In B. Vacchini, H.-P. Breuer, & A. Bassi (Eds.), Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics- Proceedings of the 684. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, 2018 (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 237). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31146-9_1

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Carlesso, M & Donadi, S 2019, Collapse models: Main properties and the state of art of the experimental tests. in B Vacchini, H-P Breuer & A Bassi (eds), Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics- Proceedings of the 684. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, 2018. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 237, Springer, 684th WE-Heraeus-Seminar on Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics, 2018, Bad Honnef, Germany, 02/12/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31146-9_1

Collapse models: Main properties and the state of art of the experimental tests. / Carlesso, Matteo; Donadi, Sandro.
Advances in Open Systems and Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics- Proceedings of the 684. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, 2018. ed. / Bassano Vacchini; Heinz-Peter Breuer; Angelo Bassi. Springer, 2019. (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 237).

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