Interferometric tests of wave-function collapse

Autor(en)

Stefan Gerlich, Yaakov Fein, Markus Arndt

Abstrakt

Among the various commonly proposed interpretations of quantum mechanics, models of wave function collapse are unique in being empirically falsifiable. Here we review experiments which place bounds on the parameter space of these models, with a particular focus on matter-wave interferometry. Proving the persistence of superposition states is the most direct way to test collapse models, and by performing interferometry with macromolecules we can exclude large regions of parameter space due to the quadratic scaling of the collapse rate with mass.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Seiten

385-399

Anzahl der Seiten

15

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46777-7_26

Publikationsdatum

2020

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103025 Quantenmechanik

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/7d9c1fd5-9724-4720-be9c-71de8f8b389b