A modified approach to the measurement problem: Objective reduction in the retinal molecule prior to conformational change
Abstract
Description
A new analysis of the measurement problem reveals the possibility that collapse of the wavefunction may now take place just before photoisomerization of the rhodopsin molecule in the retinal rods. It is known that when a photon is initially absorbed by the retinal molecule which, along with opsin comprises the rhodopsin molecule, an electron in the highest pi orbital is immediately excited to a pi* orbital. This means that a measurement or transfer of information takes place at the quantum level before the retinal molecule commences the conformational change from cis to trans. This could have profound implications for resolving some of the foundational issues confronting quantum mechanics.
8 pages. A new theory is advanced where the collapse of the wave function now takes place within the retinal molecule, specifically the retinal chromophore. This occurs prior to any retinal molecule conformational change and before any CSL-type reduction mechanism in the retinal rod cells
8 pages. A new theory is advanced where the collapse of the wave function now takes place within the retinal molecule, specifically the retinal chromophore. This occurs prior to any retinal molecule conformational change and before any CSL-type reduction mechanism in the retinal rod cells