Testing dissipative collapse models with a levitated micromagnet
A. Vinante, G. Gasbarri, C. Timberlake, M. Toroš, H. Ulbricht
Abstract
The authors summarize the dissipative extensions of spontaneous wavefunction collapse models and derive new exclusion limits on the parameters of different models from an experiment based on a micromagnet levitated by Meissner effect.
Topics & Concepts
Dissipative systemPhysicsClassical mechanicsMechanicsStatistical physicsLimit (mathematics)InstabilityMathematical modelTheoretical physicsLevitationMechanical and Optical ResonatorsPulsars and Gravitational Waves Researchstochastic dynamics and bifurcation