Spontaneous Collapse of Unstable Quantum Superposition State: A Single-Particle Model of Modified Quantum Dynamics

Abstract

We propose a modified dynamics of quantum mechanics, in which classical mechanics of a point mass derives intrinsically in a massive limit of a single-particle model. On the premise that a position basis plays a special role in wavefunction collapse, we deduce to formalize spontaneous localization of wavefunction on the analogy drawn from thermodynamics, in which a characteristic energy scale and a time scale are introduced to separate quantum and classical regimes.

2figs., contribution to Xth ICQO 2004