On the Electromagnetic Properties of Matter in Collapse Models

Details On the Electromagnetic Properties of Matter in Collapse Models On the Electromagnetic Properties of Matter in Collapse Models

2009-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/0908.3398v3

Journ. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 485302 (2009)

Physics

Quantum Physics

17 pages, LaTeX, updated version with minor changes

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/42/48/485302

We discuss the electromagnetic properties of both a charged free particle, and a charged particle bounded by an harmonic potential, within collapse models. By choosing a particularly simple, yet physically relevant, collapse model, and under only the dipole approximation, we are able to solve the equation of motion exactly. In this way, both the finite time and large time behavior can be analyzed accurately. We discovered new features, which did not appear in previous works on the same subject. Since, so far, the spontaneous photon emission process places the strongest upper bounds on the collapse parameters, our results call for a further analysis of this process for those atomic systems which can be employed in experimental tests of collapse models, as well as of quantum mechanics.

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