论文标题
从放射性衰减中测量的云室轨道分布：一种研究量子测量问题的新经验方法
Measured distribution of cloud chamber tracks from radioactive decay: a new empirical approach to investigating the quantum measurement problem
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论文摘要
使用带有很小放射性源的扩散云室的公开视频，我测量了轨道启动的空间分布，并考虑可能的含义。这与量子测量问题及其可能的分辨率直接相关，并且似乎从未完成过。原始数据相对不受控制，导致需要指导未来，更量身定制的实验。结果的各个方面可能表明对Born的统治在非常小的波函数上进行了修改，这可能对检测到极少数事件（例如质子衰减）具有深远的影响，但没有排除其他解释。猜测，我介绍了两个候选小波函数诞生的规则修改，硬性截止和一个偏移模型，具有更强的基本物理原理。云室中衰减中的轨道分布代表了一种先前未批准的方法来探测量子力学的基础，以及具有宏观特征的新型波形案例。
Using publicly available video of a diffusion cloud chamber with a very small radioactive source, I measure the spatial distribution of where tracks start, and consider possible implications. This is directly relevant to the quantum measurement problem and its possible resolution, and appears never to have been done before. The raw data are relatively uncontrolled, leading to caveats that should guide future, more tailored experiments. Aspects of the results may suggest a modification to Born's rule at very small wavefunction, with possibly profound implications for the detection of extremely rare events such as proton decay, but other explanations are not ruled out. Speculatively, I introduce two candidate small-wavefunction Born rule modifications, a hard cutoff, and an offset model with a stronger underlying physical rationale. Track distributions from decays in cloud chambers represent a previously unappreciated way to probe the foundations of quantum mechanics, and a novel case of wavefunctions with macroscopic signatures.
