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Meaning of $\int \phi^\dagger \hat A \psi \:\mathrm dx$
While analysing a problem in quantum Mechanics, I realized that I don't fully understand the physical meanings of certain integrals. I have been interpreting:
$\int \phi^\dagger \hat A \psi ...
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How is wavefunction probability redistributed after partial wavefunction collapse?
Suppose I set up the double-slit experiment using photons as my particle. Behind the left slit I place a beam splitter that points some of the light off in the direction of a camera (represented as ...
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Does quantum mechanics predict instantaneous action at a distance even without entanglement?
The suggestion that quantum mechanics implies that instantaneous action at a distance occurs is normally based on the contention that this follows from the entanglement of particles that share a ...
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wavefunction collapse and uncertainty principle
We all know that wavefunction collapse when it is observed. Uncertainty principle states that $\sigma_x \sigma_p \geq \frac {\hbar}{2}$. When wavefunction collapse, doesn't $\sigma_x$ become $0$?, as ...
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What does the appearance of a classical particle fundamentally reduce to?
I've been reading an article that describes what seems to be a classical particle as a regularity in the global wavefunction over a quantum configuration space:
When you actually see an electron ...
