Nonlinear extensions of Schrödinger-von Neumann quantum dynamics: a list of conditions for compatibility with thermodynamics

Abstract

We propose a list of conditions that consistency with thermodynamics imposes on linear and nonlinear generalizations of standard unitary quantum mechanics that assume a set of true quantum states without the restriction ${\rho }^2=\rho$ even for strictly isolated systems and that are to be considered in experimental tests of the existence of intrinsic (spontaneous) decoherence at the microscopic level.

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