Wave-function collapse induced by thermal fluctuations of detector variables. statistical collapse of wave functions

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsunehiro Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Thermal Fluctuations ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Wave Function Collapse

scholarly journals Symmetry, Transactions, and the Mechanism of Wave Function Collapse

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1373
Author(s):  
John Gleason Cramer ◽  
Carver Andress Mead
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Electromagnetic Coupling ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Single Electron ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Wave Mechanics ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Wave Function Collapse

The Transactional Interpretation of quantum mechanics exploits the intrinsic time-symmetry of wave mechanics to interpret the ψ and ψ* wave functions present in all wave mechanics calculations as representing retarded and advanced waves moving in opposite time directions that form a quantum “handshake” or transaction. This handshake is a 4D standing-wave that builds up across space-time to transfer the conserved quantities of energy, momentum, and angular momentum in an interaction. Here, we derive a two-atom quantum formalism describing a transaction. We show that the bi-directional electromagnetic coupling between atoms can be factored into a matched pair of vector potential Green’s functions: one retarded and one advanced, and that this combination uniquely enforces the conservation of energy in a transaction. Thus factored, the single-electron wave functions of electromagnetically-coupled atoms can be analyzed using Schrödinger’s original wave mechanics. The technique generalizes to any number of electromagnetically coupled single-electron states—no higher-dimensional space is needed. Using this technique, we show a worked example of the transfer of energy from a hydrogen atom in an excited state to a nearby hydrogen atom in its ground state. It is seen that the initial exchange creates a dynamically unstable situation that avalanches to the completed transaction, demonstrating that wave function collapse, considered mysterious in the literature, can be implemented with solutions of Schrödinger’s original wave mechanics, coupled by this unique combination of retarded/advanced vector potentials, without the introduction of any additional mechanism or formalism. We also analyze a simplified version of the photon-splitting and Freedman–Clauser three-electron experiments and show that their results can be predicted by this formalism.

Gravity as the curvature of the wave function of the universe.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitaly Kuyukov
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Reference Systems ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Principle Of Equivalence ◽  
Relative Wave Function ◽  
New Equation ◽  
The Universe

Modern general theory of relativity considers gravity as the curvature of space-time. The theory is based on the principle of equivalence. All bodies fall with the same acceleration in the gravitational field, which is equivalent to locally accelerated reference systems. In this article, we will affirm the concept of gravity as the curvature of the relative wave function of the Universe. That is, a change in the phase of the universal wave function of the Universe near a massive body leads to a change in all other wave functions of bodies. The main task is to find the form of the relative wave function of the Universe, as well as a new equation of gravity for connecting the curvature of the wave function and the density of matter.

scholarly journals Detecting wave function collapse without prior knowledge

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 082103
Author(s):  
Charles Wesley Cowan ◽  
Roderich Tumulka
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Wave Function Collapse

scholarly journals INTEGRAL TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE FOR MESON WAVE FUNCTIONS

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 1611-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.P. BAKULEV ◽  
S.V. MIKHAILOV
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Sum Rules ◽  
Integral Transform ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Sum Rule ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Exactly Solvable ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Integral Transform Technique

In a recent paper1 we have proposed a new approach for extracting the wave function of the π-meson φπ(x) and the masses and wave functions of its first resonances from the new QCD sum rules for nondiagonal correlators obtained in Ref. 2. Here, we test our approach using an exactly solvable toy model as illustration. We demonstrate the validity of the method and suggest a pure algebraic procedure for extracting the masses and wave functions relating to the case under investigation. We also explore the stability of the procedure under perturbations of the theoretical part of the sum rule. In application to the pion case, this results not only in the mass and wave function of the first resonance (π′), but also in the estimation of π″-mass.

scholarly journals Does particle decay cause wave function collapse: an experimental test

2003 ◽  
Vol 308 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 323-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer R. Klein ◽  
Joakim Nystrand
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Wave Function Collapse ◽  
Particle Decay
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