The frictional Schrödinger-Newton equation in models of wave function collapse

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Replacing the Newtonian coupling G by -iG, the Schrodinger-Newton equation becomes ``frictional''. Instead of the reversible Schrodinger-Newton equation, we advocate its frictional version to generate the set of pointer states for macroscopic quantum bodies.
6pp LaTeX for J.Phys.Conf.Ser.+2 figs. Talk given at the Int. Workshop DICE2006 "Quantum Mechanics between Decoherence and Determinism: new aspects from particle physics to cosmology" Piombino, Sept 11-15, 2006

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