Gravity Cannot Cure Quantum Mechanics of its Malady of the Collapse of the Wavefunction

Autor:	Unnikrishnan, C. S., Gillies, George T.
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Quantum Physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	The speculation that gravity is the key to solving the quantum measurement problem has been alive for decades, without any convincing demonstration of a solution. One necessary factor in the relevant proposals is that the gravitational energy of mutual interaction, which scales quadratically with the mass, facilitates the spontaneous collapse of the wavefunctions in spatially separated superpositions. Relying on a simple physical input from electrodynamics, supported by robust first principle calculations, we show that the speculations connecting gravity and the hypothetical spontaneous collapse of the wavefunction are inconsistent and not tenable. The result suggests that the gravitational solution to the problem of the collapse of the wavefunction be put to rest. Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, Honorable mention in Gravity Research Foundation 2021 awards
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.15146 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv