The only way to collapse the wave function (and retroactively force the isotope to have decayed or to have not decayed) is to open the box and find out. This is pretty embarrassing.

Doing more with less: New technique uses fraction of measurements to efficiently find quantum wave functions Date: August 28, 2014 Source: University of Rochester Summary: Just two years ago, with ...

That blue, pixelated image, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first image of an atom’s electron orbital structure. In other words, you’re looking at the first picture of an atom’s wave ...

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Electrons are elementary particles -- indivisible, unbreakable. But new research suggests the electron's quantum state -- the electron wave function -- can be separated into many parts. That has ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This communication deals with the general theory of obtaining numerical electronic wave functions for the stationary states of atoms and ...

The wave function—an abstract concept used to predict the behavior of quantum particles—is the bedrock on which physicists have built their understanding of quantum mechanics. But this bedrock ...

Furthermore, it was also assumed that the wave height in each wave direction has the Rayleigh distribution to propose a wave height distribution function. The Rayleigh distribution function was ...