How quantum mechanics with deterministic collapse localizes macroscopic objects
arXiv:1901.05849
Abstract
Why microscopic objects exhibit wave properties (are delocalized), but macroscopic do not (are localized)? Traditional quantum mechanics attributes wave properties to all objects. When complemented with a deterministic collapse model (Quantum Stud.: Math. Found. 3, 279 (2016)) quantum mechanics can dissolve the discrepancy. Collapse in this model means contraction and occurs when the object gets in touch with other objects and satisfies a certain criterion. One single collapse usually does not suffice for localization. But the object rapidly gets in touch with other objects in a short time, leading to rapid localization. Decoherence is not involved.
3 pages, no figures, Latex. References updated, some data slightly extended