Published July 30, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

X rays on quantum mechanics: Pauli Exclusion Principle and collapse models at test

  • 1. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, CP 13, Via E. Fermi 40, I-00044, Frascati (Roma) (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste and INFN- Sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio, 2, I-34127 Trieste (Italy)
  • 3. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
  • 4. The Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
  • 5. Institut de Physique UMR CNRS-UR1 6251, Université de Rennes1, F-35042 Rennes (France)
  • 6. Institut de Physique, Université de Neuchâtel, 1 rue A.-L. Breguet, CH-2000 Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
  • 7. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, S.S. 17/bis, I-67010 Assergi (AQ) (Italy)

Description

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. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/631/1/012068

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
631
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
4. symposium on prospects in the physics of discrete symmetries
Acronym
DISCRETE2014
Dates
2-6 Dec 2014
Place
London (United Kingdom)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47098710
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EMISSION SPECTRA; GERMANIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAULI PRINCIPLE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; X RADIATION; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MECHANICS; METALS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA