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Conditional evolution equation
We follow the derivation in [1] (§3) wich seems easier to understand than the equivalent treatment in [2].
Take the conditonal wave function $\psi(t,x) = \Psi(t,x,Y(t))$ and put it into the usual Schrödinger equation with arbitrary potential $V(t,x,y)$. Note that the time derivative will also act on $Y(t)$ invoking the chain rule of differential calculus. We write $\psi' = \nabla_y \Psi|_{y=Y(t)}$ and $\psi'' = \Delta_y\Psi|_{y=Y(t)}$ like in [1] (25-26) to shorten notation. \begin{align*} \mathrm{i}\hbar \partial_t \psi &= \mathrm{i}\hbar\partial_t\Psi|_{y=Y(t)} + \mathrm{i}\hbar \dot{Y} \cdot \nabla_y \Psi|_{y=Y(t)} \\ &= -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\Delta_x\psi -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\Delta_y\Psi|_{y=Y(t)} + V(t,x,Y(t))\psi + \mathrm{i}\hbar \dot{Y} \cdot \nabla_y \Psi|_{y=Y(t)} \\ &= -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\Delta_x\psi + V(t,x,Y(t))\psi + \mathrm{i}\hbar \dot{Y} \cdot \psi' -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\psi'' \end{align*}
We see that two terms on the right resemble the usual one-particle Schrödinger equation and two other terms are added due to apparent entanglement effects. By defining two auxiliary potentials $A$ and $B$ we can rewrite the equation above into a Schrödinger equation with an effective potential steering the conditional wave function. \begin{align*} A(t,x) &= \mathrm{i}\hbar \dot{Y}(t) \cdot \frac{\psi'(t,x)}{\psi(t,x)} \\ B(t,x) &= -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m} \frac{\psi''(t,x)}{\psi(t,x)} \end{align*}
Overall we get the following conditional evolution equation \[ \mathrm{i}\hbar \partial_t \psi = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\Delta_x\psi + (V(t,x,Y(t)) + A(t,x) + B(t,x))\psi \] where the contributions $A$ and $B$ depend on $\psi$ again making the whole equation non-linear, and further may also be complex thus defining a non-unitary evolution.