Spontaneously Emitted X-rays: An Experimental Signature of the Dynamical Reduction Models

• DOI: 10.1007/s10701-015-9923-4
• Publication Date: 2015-06-03T21:56:53Z
• Authors: C. Curceanu; S. Bartalucci; A. Bassi; M. Bazzi; S. Bertolucci; C. Berucci; A. M. Bragadireanu; M. Cargnelli; A. Clozza; L. De Paolis; S. Di Matteo; S. Donadi; A. D’Uffizi; J.-P. Egger; C. Guaraldo; M. Iliescu; T. Ishiwatari; M. Laubenstein; J. Marton; E. Milotti; A. Pichler; D. Pietreanu; K. Piscicchia; T. Ponta; E. Sbardella; A. Scordo; H. Shi; D. L. Sirghi; F. Sirghi; L. Sperandio; O. Vazquez Doce; J. Zmeskal
• Keywords: [PHYS]Physics [physics]; Dynamical reduction model; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Quantum Physics; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; Collapse models; Statistical Physics; Dynamical Systems and Complexity; FOS: Physical sciences; Dynamical reduction models; Collapse models; Dynamical reduction models; X-rays; Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det); Mechanics; Philosophy of Science; [PHYS] Physics [physics]; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Collapse model; X-rays; Relativity Theory; Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

to be published in Foundation of Physics 2015<br/>We present the idea of searching for X-rays as a signature of the mechanism inducing the spontaneous collapse of the wave function. Such a signal is predicted by the continuous spontaneous localization theories, which are solving the "measurement problem" by modifying the Schrodinger equation. We will show some encouraging preliminary results and discuss future plans and strategy.<br/>