Finite-Time Stochastic Reduction Models
Brody, D C, Lane P. Hughston
A new energy-based stochastic extension of the Schrodinger equation for which the wave function collapses after the passage of a finite amount of time is proposed. An exact closed-form solution to the dynamical equation, valid for all finite-dimensional quantum systems, is presented and used to verify explicitly that reduction of the state vector to an energy eigenstate occurs. A time-change technique is introduced to construct a "clock" variable that relates the asymptotic and the finite-time collapse models by means of a nonlinear transformation. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics
•Mar 30, 2005•11 citations