Test of Causal Non-Linear Quantum Mechanics by Ramsey Interferometry on the Vibrational Mode of a Trapped Ion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2206.12976v1
• Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:23:16 GMT
• Title: Test of Causal Non-Linear Quantum Mechanics by Ramsey Interferometry on the Vibrational Mode of a Trapped Ion
• Authors: Joseph Broz, Bingran You, Sumanta Khan, Hartmut Haeffner, David E. Kaplan, Surjeet Rajendran
• Abstract summary: Causal non-linear theories have the unavoidable feature that their quantum effects are dramatically sensitive to the full physical spread of the quantum state of the system. We set a stringent limit of $5.4times 10-12$ on the magnitude of the unitless scaling factor $tildeepsilon_gamma$ for the predicted causal, non-linear perturbation.
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• Abstract: Kaplan and Rajendran have recently demonstrated that non-linear and state-dependent terms can be consistently added to quantum field theory to yield causal non-linear time evolution in quantum mechanics. Causal non-linear theories have the unavoidable feature that their quantum effects are dramatically sensitive to the full physical spread of the quantum state of the system. As a result, such theories are not well tested by conventional atomic and nuclear spectroscopy. By using a well-controlled superposition of vibrational modes of a $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ion trapped in a harmonic potential, we set a stringent limit of $5.4\times 10^{-12}$ on the magnitude of the unitless scaling factor $\tilde{\epsilon}_{\gamma}$ for the predicted causal, non-linear perturbation.

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