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

C. Curceanu (1, 2, 3) , S. Bartalucci (1) , A. Bassi (4) , M. Bazzi (1) , S. Bertolucci (1) , C. Berucci (5, 1) , A. M. Bragadireanu (1, 2) , M. Cargnelli (5) , A. Clozza (1) , L. De Paolis (1) , Sergio Di Matteo (6) , S. Donadi (4) , A. D’uffizi (1) , J.-P. Egger (7) , C. Guaraldo (1) , M. Iliescu (1) , T. Ishiwatari (2) , M. Laubenstein (8) , J. Marton (5) , E. Milotti (4) , A. Pichler (5) , D. Pietreanu (1, 2) , K. Piscicchia (1, 3) , T. Ponta (2) , E. Sbardella (1) , A. Scordo (1) , H. Shi (1, 5) , D. L. Sirghi (1, 2) , F. Sirghi (1, 2) , L. Sperandio (1) , O. Vazquez Doce (9) , J Zmeskal (5)

1 LNF - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
2 NIPNE - Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
3 Enrico Fermi Center for Study and Research | Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi
4 Dipartimento di Fisica [Trieste]
5 SMI - Stefan Meyer Institut für subatomare Physik
6 IPR - Institut de Physique de Rennes
7 UNINE - Université de Neuchâtel
8 LNGS - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
9 TUM - Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne]

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 Schrödinger equation. We will show some encouraging preliminary results and discuss future plans and strategy

Keywords: Statistical Physics; Dynamical Systems and Complexity; X-rays; Quantum Physics; Philosophy of Science; Mechanics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Dynamical reduction models; Collapse models; Relativity Theory; Classical and Quantum Gravitation

Domains: Physics [physics]

C. Curceanu, S. Bartalucci, A. Bassi, M. Bazzi, S. Bertolucci, et al.. Spontaneously Emitted X-rays: An Experimental Signature of the Dynamical Reduction Models. Foundations of Physics, 2016, 46 (3), pp.263-268. ⟨10.1007/s10701-015-9923-4⟩. ⟨hal-01168326⟩