Underground tests of quantum mechanics. Whispers in the cosmic silence?

Authors :: Curceanu, C.
Bartalucci, S.
Bassi, A.
Bazzi, M.
Bertolucci, S.
Berucci, C.
Bragadireanu, A. M.
Cargnelli, M.
Clozza, A.
De Paolis, L.
Di Matteo, S.
Donadi, S.
Egger, J-P.
Guaraldo, C.
Iliescu, M.
Laubenstein, M.
Marton, J.
Milotti, E.
Pichler, A.
Pietreanu, D.
Piscicchia, K.
Scordo, A.
Shi, H.
Sirghi, D.
Sirghi, F.
Sperandio, L.
Doce, O. Vazquez
Zmeskal, J.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: By performing X-rays measurements in the "cosmic silence" of the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso, LNGS-INFN, we test a basic principle of quantum mechanics: the Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP), for electrons. We present the achieved results of the VIP experiment and the ongoing VIP2 measurement aiming to gain two orders of magnitude improvement in testing PEP. We also use a similar experimental technique to search for radiation (X and gamma) predicted by continuous spontaneous localization models, which aim to solve the "measurement problem".<br />Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, proceedings to the workshop "Eighth International Workshop DICE2016", Castello Pasquini/Castiglioncello (Tuscany), September 12-16, 2016 Spacetime - Matter - Quantum Mechanics