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Is spontaneous wave function collapse testable at all?

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, , Citation Lajos Diósi 2015 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 626 012008 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/626/1/012008

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Abstract

Mainstream literature on spontaneous wave function collapse never reflects on or profits from the formal coincidence and conceptual relationship with standard collapse under time-continuous quantum measurement (monitoring). I propose some easy lessons of standard monitoring theory which would make spontaneous collapse models revise some of their claims. In particular, the objective detection of spontaneous collapse remains impossible as long as the correct identification of what corresponds to the signal in standard monitoring is missing from spontaneous collapse models, the physical detectability of the "signal" is not stated explicitly and, finally, the principles of physical detection are not revealed.

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