wavefunction collapse

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Wave function collapse

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Noun

wavefunction collapse (countable and uncountable, plural wavefunction collapses)

1. (quantum mechanics) The phenomenon in which a wavefunction — initially in a superposition of several different possible eigenstates — appears to reduce to a single one of those states after interaction with an observer: the reduction of the physical possibilities into a single possibility as seen by an observer.

Synonyms

• state vector collapse

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 波函數坍縮 / 波函数坍缩 (bōhánshù tānsuō) German: Kollaps der Wellenfunktion m, Zustandsreduktion f Polish: kolaps funkcji falowej m

See also

• measurement problem, quantum measurement problem
• uncertainty principle