CSL Collapse Model And Spontaneous Radiation: An Update

Foundations of Physics 29, 465 (1999) A brief review is given of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model in which a classical field interacts with quantized particles to cause dynamical wavefunction collapse. One of the model's predictions is that particles "spontaneously"...

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Main Authors Pearle, Philip, Ring, James, Collar, Juan I, AvignoneIII, Frank T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.01.2000
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Physics - Quantum Physics
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Summary:Foundations of Physics 29, 465 (1999) A brief review is given of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model in which a classical field interacts with quantized particles to cause dynamical wavefunction collapse. One of the model's predictions is that particles "spontaneously" gain energy at a slow rate. When applied to the excitation of a nucleon in a Ge nucleus, it is shown how a limit on the relative collapse rates of neutron and proton could be obtained, and a rough estimate is made from data. When applied to the spontaneous excitation of 1s electrons in Ge, by a more detailed analysis of more accurate data than previously given, an updated limit is obtained on the relative collapse rates of the electron and proton, suggesting that the coupling of the field to electrons and nucleons is mass proportional.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0001041