Experimental tests of a model of the quantum measurement process

TL;DR

This paper proposes experimental tests for a new model of quantum measurement that reproduces the Born Rule and introduces a novel 'interrupted measurement' experiment to validate or falsify the model.

Contribution

It introduces a testable extension of the Born Rule and a new experimental approach to evaluate a proposed quantum measurement model.

Findings

The model reproduces the Born Rule as a corollary.

Designs for 'interrupted measurement' experiments to test the model.

A new extrapolation of the Born Rule for extended regimes.

Abstract

We suggest and describe how to analyze new types of experiments that would test a proposed model of the quantum measurement process. That model produces the Born Rule as a corollary, and so agrees with conventional quantum predictions. The proposed experiments include a new type of "interrupted measurement," which would allow falsification or confirmation of the model. In order to compare it with standard quantum mechanics predictions, we also develop a new testable extrapolation of the Born Rule into the extended experimental regime.