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Precision Tests of Quantum Mechanics
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It is proposed to set stringent limits on possible nonlinear corrections to ordinary quantum mechanics by searching for the detuning of resonant transitions. A suggested nonlinear generalization of quantum mechanics is used to show that such detuning would be expected in the rf transition in $^{9}\mathrm{Be}^{+}$ ions that is used to set frequency standards. Measurements at the National Bureau of Standards already set limits of order ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}21}$ on the fraction of the energy of the $^{9}\mathrm{Be}$ nucleus that could be due to nonlinear corrections to quantum mechanics, with good prospects of improving this by 2-3 orders of magnitude.
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- Authors
- Weinberg, S.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1989-01-30
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 485-488
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1992291356
- Cited by
- 382
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 8.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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