Collapse models and cosmology

Jérôme Martin, Vincent Vennin

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Abstract

Attempts to apply quantum collapse theories to Cosmology and cosmic inflation are reviewed. These attempts are motivated by the fact that the theory of cosmological perturbations of quantum-mechanical origin suffers from the single outcome problem, which is a modern incarnation of the quantum measurement problem, and that collapse models can provide a solution to these issues. Since inflationary predictions can be very accurately tested by cosmological data, this also leads to constraints on collapse models. These constraints are derived in the case of Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) and are shown to be of unprecedented efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFundamental Theories of Physics
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages269-290
Number of pages22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameFundamental Theories of Physics
Volume198
ISSN (Print)0168-1222
ISSN (Electronic)2365-6425

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