Gravitationally induced wave-function collapse from dynamical bifurcation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16144v1
• Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:15:38 GMT
• Title: Gravitationally induced wave-function collapse from dynamical bifurcation
• Abstract summary: We show that wave-function collapse emerges as a deterministic dynamical instability induced by gravitational self-interaction and regulated by short-distance repulsion.<n>The mechanism provides a controlled and quantitative realization of gravity-induced pathological localization, extending Schrdinger--Newton-type models.
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• Abstract: We propose an effective non-relativistic framework in which wave-function collapse emerges as a deterministic dynamical instability induced by gravitational self-interaction and regulated by short-distance repulsion. The dynamics is described by a nonlinear Schrödinger equation supplemented by a phenomenological repulsive sector ensuring regularity at high densities. Using a variational Gaussian ansatz, we derive an explicit effective energy functional and show that extended quantum states lose stability beyond a critical mass scale. This loss of stability is associated with a bifurcation in the reduced dynamical system governing the wave-function width, leading to the emergence of stable localized configurations. Within this picture, collapse corresponds to the dynamical selection of one of these localized attractors, driven by infinitesimal asymmetries in the initial state and occurring without stochastic noise or environmental coupling. The mechanism provides a controlled and quantitative realization of gravity-induced localization, extending Schrödinger--Newton-type models while avoiding their pathological short-distance behavior. Possible implications for mesoscopic systems probing the quantum-to-classical transition are briefly discussed.

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