What’s Going on During Wave Function ‘Collapse’

Re:What’s Going on During Wave Function ‘Collapse’ by dcow on Thursday July 04, 2019 @02:05PM (#20356547)

The article feels incomplete. I don’t feel like I have a better understanding of what’s going on during wave function collapse, rather I just know QTT is a thing and people are experimenting with it and it’s yielded promising results when using more sophisticated measurement apparatus to observe an “atom”, like reversing a quantum jump mid-flight by injecting feedback into the system as it’s being measured.

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Re:What’s Going on During Wave Function ‘Collapse’ by jogundas on Thursday July 04, 2019 @03:51PM (#20357232)

I liked some commentary in a similar direction https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/484675/does-the-...

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Re:What’s Going on During Wave Function ‘Collapse’ by dcow on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:35PM (#20358344)

Thanks for the link it covers all the details I was looking for. My favorite part:

> Copenhagen and, say, many worlds just differ on how to treat branches of a superposition that have completely decohered.

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Re:What’s Going on During Wave Function ‘Collapse’ by curtis on Thursday July 04, 2019 @02:17PM (#20356643)

I barely understand any article on quantum mechanics, but now I know that QTT is a thing and people are experimenting with it. That's why I personally upvoted the article but I admit I was on the fence about it. I'm hoping someone knowledgeable will comment on the article and I might gain just a little more understanding. Maybe.

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