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Testing dissipative collapse models with a levitated micromagnet

Testing dissipative collapse models with a levitated micromagnet
Testing dissipative collapse models with a levitated micromagnet
We present experimental tests of dissipative extensions of spontaneous wave function collapse models based on a levitated micromagnet with ultralow dissipation. The spherical micromagnet, with radius R = 27 µm, is levitated by Meissner effect in a lead trap at 4.2 K and its motion is detected by a SQUID. We perform accurate ringdown measurements on the vertical translational mode with frequency 57 Hz, and infer the residual damping at vanishing pressure γ/2π < 9 µHz. From this upper limit we derive improved bounds on the dissipative versions of the CSL (continuous spontaneous localization) and the DP (Di´osi-Penrose) models. In particular, dissipative models give rise to an intrinsic damping of an isolated system with the effect parameterized by a temperature constant – the dissipative CSL model with temperatures below 1 nK is ruled out, while the dissipative DP model is excluded for temperatures below 10−13 K. Furthermore, we present the first bounds on dissipative effects in a more recent model, which relates the wave function collapse to fluctuations of a generalized complex-valued spacetime metric.
2643-1564
Vinante, Andrea
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Ulbricht, Hendrik
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Vinante, Andrea
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Toros, Marko
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Vinante, Andrea, Gasbarri, Giulio, Timberlake, Christopher, Toros, Marko and Ulbricht, Hendrik (2020) Testing dissipative collapse models with a levitated micromagnet. Physical Review Research. (In Press)

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We present experimental tests of dissipative extensions of spontaneous wave function collapse models based on a levitated micromagnet with ultralow dissipation. The spherical micromagnet, with radius R = 27 µm, is levitated by Meissner effect in a lead trap at 4.2 K and its motion is detected by a SQUID. We perform accurate ringdown measurements on the vertical translational mode with frequency 57 Hz, and infer the residual damping at vanishing pressure γ/2π < 9 µHz. From this upper limit we derive improved bounds on the dissipative versions of the CSL (continuous spontaneous localization) and the DP (Di´osi-Penrose) models. In particular, dissipative models give rise to an intrinsic damping of an isolated system with the effect parameterized by a temperature constant – the dissipative CSL model with temperatures below 1 nK is ruled out, while the dissipative DP model is excluded for temperatures below 10−13 K. Furthermore, we present the first bounds on dissipative effects in a more recent model, which relates the wave function collapse to fluctuations of a generalized complex-valued spacetime metric.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 October 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 444467
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444467
ISSN: 2643-1564
PURE UUID: d6b6ccfb-2a56-44de-98ec-c7a921cdca37
ORCID for Andrea Vinante: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9385-2127
ORCID for Hendrik Ulbricht: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-0065

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Author: Giulio Gasbarri
Author: Marko Toros

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