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: Received: 3 July 2023 / Approved: 3 July 2023 / Online: 5 July 2023 (13:51:34 CEST)
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Turner, P.; Nottale, L. The Nature of Pointer States and Their Role in Macroscopic Quantum Coherence. Preprints2023, 2023070325. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0325.v1
Turner, P.; Nottale, L. The Nature of Pointer States and Their Role in Macroscopic Quantum Coherence. Preprints 2023, 2023070325. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0325.v1
Turner, P.; Nottale, L. The Nature of Pointer States and Their Role in Macroscopic Quantum Coherence. Preprints2023, 2023070325. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0325.v1
APA Style
Turner, P., & Nottale, L. (2023). The Nature of Pointer States and Their Role in Macroscopic Quantum Coherence. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0325.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Turner, P. and Laurent Nottale. 2023 "The Nature of Pointer States and Their Role in Macroscopic Quantum Coherence" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0325.v1
Abstract
We consider new insights into the origin and nature of pointer states and their role in wave function collapse in macroscopic quantum coherence. The work includes new theory of quantum coherence underpinned by turbulence, generated by a field of pointer states in the form of recirculating vortices (toroids), interconnected via a vortex cascade. Decoherence occurs when the interconnected field of vortices between pointer states is disrupted by external forces, leading to their localisation. The applicability of this work is considered in addressing unresolved questions in high temperature superconductivity and macroscopic quantum processes in biological systems. We also consider its implications for our understanding of intrinsic spin and pointer states within the standard "point source" representation of a quantum particle, which intuitively requires a more complexed description.
Keywords
quantum decoherence, macroscopic quantum mechanics, high temperature superconductivity, quantum biology
Subject
Physical Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics
Copyright:
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