Questions tagged [measurement-problem]

DO NOT USE THIS TAG just because your question involves measurements (either quantum or classical). The measurement problem asks how wave function collapse occurs during measurement in quantum mechanics, and how it can be reconciled with unitary evolution.

The measurement problem asks how wave function collapse occurs during measurement in quantum mechanics, and how it can be reconciled with unitary evolution.

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Quantum measurement in experiment

According to standard quantum mechanics, after a measurement, the original state will "collapse" to one of the eigenstate of the observable, and if one measures it immediately after , the result will be the same. Does the second measurement give the…
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