The only way to collapse the wave function (and retroactively force the isotope to have decayed or to have not decayed) is to open the box and find out. This is pretty embarrassing.

Doing more with less: New technique uses fraction of measurements to efficiently find quantum wave functions Date: August 29, 2014 Source: University of Rochester Summary: Just two years ago, with ...

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That blue, pixelated image, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first image of an atom’s electron orbital structure. In other words, you’re looking at the first picture of an atom’s wave ...

Quantum mechanics theory predicts that, in addition to exhibiting particle-like behavior, particles of all sizes can also ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This communication deals with the general theory of obtaining numerical electronic wave functions for the stationary states of atoms and ...

The wave function—an abstract concept used to predict the behavior of quantum particles—is the bedrock on which physicists have built their understanding of quantum mechanics. But this bedrock ...

It underpins the whole theory of quantum mechanics, but does it exist? For nearly a century physicists have argued about whether the wave function is a real part of the world or just a ...

Prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWFs) and their discrete counterparts – the discrete prolate spheroidal sequences (DPSSs) – have emerged as essential tools in the analysis of band ...