Present status and future challenges of non-interferometric tests of collapse models

M Carlesso, S Donadi, L Ferialdi, M Paternostro… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The superposition principle is the cornerstone of quantum mechanics, leading to a variety of
genuinely quantum effects. Whether the principle applies also to macroscopic systems or …

Gravitational decoherence

A Bassi, A Großardt, H Ulbricht - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss effects of loss of coherence in low energy quantum systems caused by or related
to gravitation, referred to as gravitational decoherence. These effects, resulting from random …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum physics in space

A Belenchia, M Carlesso, Ö Bayraktar, D Dequal… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in quantum technologies are giving rise to a revolution in the way fundamental
physics questions are explored at the empirical level. At the same time, they are the seeds …

General quantum-classical dynamics as measurement based feedback

A Tilloy - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
This note derives the stochastic differential equations and partial differential equation of
general hybrid quantum--classical dynamics from the theory of continuous measurement …

Quantum experiments with microscale particles

J Millen, BA Stickler - Contemporary Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Quantum theory is incredibly successful, explaining the microscopic world with great
accuracy, from the behaviour of subatomic particles to chemical reactions to solid-state …

Ultranarrow-linewidth levitated nano-oscillator for testing dissipative wave-function collapse

A Pontin, NP Bullier, M Toroš, PF Barker - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Levitated nano-oscillators are promising platforms for testing fundamental physics and
quantum mechanics in a new high mass regime. Levitation allows extreme isolation from the …

Collapse dynamics are diffusive

S Donadi, L Ferialdi, A Bassi - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Noninterferometric experiments have been successfully employed to constrain models of
spontaneous wave function collapse, which predict a violation of the quantum superposition …

LISA pathfinder appreciably constrains collapse models

B Helou, BJJ Slagmolen, DE McClelland, Y Chen - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
Spontaneous collapse models are phenomological theories formulated to address major
difficulties in macroscopic quantum mechanics. We place significant bounds on the …

Bounds on collapse models from cold-atom experiments

M Bilardello, S Donadi, A Vinante, A Bassi - Physica A: Statistical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The spontaneous localization mechanism of collapse models induces a Brownian motion in
all physical systems. This effect is very weak, but experimental progress in creating ultracold …

[HTML][HTML] Colored and dissipative continuous spontaneous localization model and bounds from matter-wave interferometry

M Toroš, G Gasbarri, A Bassi - Physics Letters A, 2017 - Elsevier
Matter-wave interferometry is a direct test of the quantum superposition principle for massive
systems, and of collapse models. Here we show that the bounds placed by matter-wave …