The Schrödinger-Newton equation and its foundations

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/115007zbMATH Open1451.81381arXiv1407.4370OpenAlexW2084935995WikidataQ62590904 ScholiaQ62590904MaRDI QIDQ3387148FDOQ3387148

Authors: M. Bahrami, André Großardt, Sandro Donadi, Angelo Bassi 

Publication date: 12 January 2021

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The necessity of quantising the gravitational field is still subject to an open debate. In this paper we compare the approach of quantum gravity, with that of a fundamentally semi-classical theory of gravity, in the weak-field non-relativistic limit. We show that, while in the former case the Schr"odinger equation stays linear, in the latter case one ends up with the so-called Schr"odinger-Newton equation, which involves a nonlinear, non-local gravitational contribution. We further discuss that the Schr"odinger-Newton equation does not describe the collapse of the wave-function, although it was initially proposed for exactly this purpose. Together with the standard collapse postulate, fundamentally semi-classical gravity gives rise to superluminal signalling. A consistent fundamentally semi-classical theory of gravity can therefore only be achieved together with a suitable prescription of the wave-function collapse. We further discuss, how collapse models avoid such superluminal signalling and compare the nonlinearities appearing in these models with those in the Schr"odinger-Newton equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.4370

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

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