arXiv:2006.05313

Comment on "Cosmic Microwave Background Constraints Cast a Shadow On Continuous Spontaneous Localization Models"

Gabriel R. Bengochea, Gabriel León, Philip Pearle, Daniel Sudarsky

Published Jun 7, 2020• 3 citations

Abstract

In a recent paper [J. Martin and V. Vennin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 080402 (2020)] it was argued that, for most natural choices, the direct application of the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) theory to the inflationary case, as it is known to work in non-relativistic laboratory situations, is ruled out by cosmological observational data, thus casting a shadow on models based on CSL theory. We point out that such results are based on the consideration of a rather narrow set of choices for the application of the theory to the cosmological context and that the landscape of open and different possibilities is extremely vast.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2006.05313

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