Models of spontaneous wave function collapse predict a small heating rate for a bulk solid, as a result of coupling to the noise field that causes collapse. This rate is small enough that ambient radioactivity and cosmic ray flux on the surface of the earth can mask the heating due to spontaneous collapse. In this paper we estimate the background noise due to gamma radiation and cosmic ray muon flux, at different depths. We demonstrate that a low-temperature underground experiment at a depth of about 6.5 kilometer water equivalent would have a low enough background to allow detection of bulk heating for a collapse rate lambda of 10(-16) s(-1) using presently available technology.
Testing spontaneous collapse through bulk heating experiments: An estimate of the background noise / Mishra, R; Vinante, A; Singh, Tp. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 2469-9926. - 98:5(2018). [10.1103/PhysRevA.98.052121]
Testing spontaneous collapse through bulk heating experiments: An estimate of the background noise
Vinante A;
2018-01-01
Abstract
Models of spontaneous wave function collapse predict a small heating rate for a bulk solid, as a result of coupling to the noise field that causes collapse. This rate is small enough that ambient radioactivity and cosmic ray flux on the surface of the earth can mask the heating due to spontaneous collapse. In this paper we estimate the background noise due to gamma radiation and cosmic ray muon flux, at different depths. We demonstrate that a low-temperature underground experiment at a depth of about 6.5 kilometer water equivalent would have a low enough background to allow detection of bulk heating for a collapse rate lambda of 10(-16) s(-1) using presently available technology.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione