Spontaneous Collapse Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18822v1
• Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:00:55 GMT
• Title: Spontaneous Collapse Models
• Authors: Matteo Carlesso, Sandro Donadi,
• Abstract summary: Collapse models are introduced to solve the measurement problem in quantum mechanics.<n>We introduce the most relevant collapse models present in the literature, and describe their main features.<n>We discuss how one can test them in different experiments, underlying the differences with predictions of quantum mechanics, and show how these experiments can set bounds on the collapse parameters.
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• Abstract: Collapse models are phenomenological models introduced to solve the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. They modify the Schr\"odinger equation by adding non-linear and stochastic terms, which induce the wavefunction collapse in space. The collapse effects are negligible for microscopic systems but become dominant in the macroscopic regime, thus also describing coherently the quantum-to-classical transition. Collapse models make different predictions compared to those of quantum mechanics; hence they can be tested. Here we introduce the most relevant collapse models present in the literature, and describe their main features. We also discuss how one can test them in different experiments, underlying the differences with predictions of quantum mechanics, and show how these experiments can set bounds on the collapse parameters. We conclude with a brief summary of the colored and dissipative generalization of such models and their experimental tests.

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