Nonlinear extensions of Schr\"odinger-von Neumann quantum dynamics: a list of conditions for compatibility with thermodynamics
Abstract
We propose a list of conditions that consistency with thermodynamics imposes on linear and nonlinear generalizations of standard unitary quantum mechanics that assume a set of true quantum states without the restriction 2= even for strictly isolated systems and that are to be considered in experimental tests of the existence of intrinsic (spontaneous) decoherence at the microscopic level.
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