2023/12/05 by Aaron Santos, Santos, Aaron
Physics and Astronomy · Computer Science · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2312.07545
I describe a toy model of quantum measurement in which wave function collapse is described as a stochastic entropically-driven event guided by interactions between a measured two-state particle and an Ising-like measurement device. The model reproduces existing experimental results and suggests new calorimetric experiments that can be used to test hidden variables theories. When applied to entangled particles, the model predicts energy cannot be transferred faster than the speed of light, but that certain schemas would allow for nonlocal information transfer.