X rays on quantum mechanics: Pauli Exclusion Principle and collapse models at test. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Curceanu, C; Bartalucci, S; Bassi, A; Bertolucci, S; Berucci, C; Bragadireanu, A M; Cargnelli, M; Clozza, A; De Paolis, L; Matteo, S Di; Donadi, S; d'Uffizi, A; Egger, J-P; Guaraldo, C; Iliescu, M; Laubenstein, M; Marton, J; Milotti, E; Pichler, A; Pietreanu, D; Piscicchia, K; Ponta, T; Sbardella, E; Scordo, A; Shi, H; Sirghi, D L; Sirghi, F; Sperandio, L; Doce, O Vazquez; Zmeskal, J
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 631(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/631/1/012068
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: In the last decades huge theoretical effort was devoted to the development of consistent theoretical models, aiming to solve the so-called "measurement problem". Among these, the Dynamical Reduction Models possess the unique characteristic to be experimentally testable, thus enabling to set experimental upper bounds on the reduction rate parameter λ characterizing these models. By analysing the X-ray spectrum emitted by an isolated slab of Germanium, we set the most stringent limit on the λ parameter up to date.