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Wave Function Collapse

Wave Function Collapse is a theoretical process in quantum mechanics wherein a wave function, initially in a superposition of eigenstates, instantaneously reduces to a single eigenstate upon measurement, distinguishing it from unitary time evolution by its non-deterministic and irreversible nature.

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Variants

Collapse Of The Wave FunctionReduction Of The State Vector

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342

Pointer basis of quantum apparatus: Into what mixture does the wave packet collapse?

Wojciech H. Zurek · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1981 · 1.7K citations

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Periodic Spontaneous Collapse and Revival in a Simple Quantum Model

J. H. Eberly, N. B. Narozhny, J. J. Sánchez-Mondragón · Physical Review Letters · 1980 · 1.3K citations

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Collapse and revival of the matter wave field of a Bose–Einstein condensate

Markus Greiner, Olaf Mandel, Theodor W. Hänsch et al. · Nature · 2002 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Models of wave-function collapse, underlying theories, and experimental tests

Angelo Bassi, Kinjalk Lochan, Seema Satin et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2013 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Quantum Zeno effect

Wayne M. Itano, D. J. Heinzen, J. J. Bollinger et al. · Physical Review A · 1990 · 1.2K citations

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Authors

685

  1. AB
    Angelo Bassi

    University of Trieste, Italy

    16 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. PP
    Philip Pearle

    Hamilton College, United States

    8 publications · 554 citations

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  3. LB
    Luc Bergé

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    7 publications · 925 citations

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  4. PL
    P. L. Christiansen

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    6 publications · 138 citations

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  5. DS
    Daniel Sudarsky

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    6 publications · 270 citations

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Institutions

355

  1. University of Trieste

    Trieste, Italy

    19 h-index

    41 publications

    8.8K citations

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste

    Trieste, Italy

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    856 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    861 citations

  5. Hamilton College

    Clinton, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    811 citations

  6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

    Rome, Italy

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    6.5K citations

  7. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    464 citations

  8. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 36 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 46 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Physical review. A/Physical review, A

    PRA · 17 publications · 573 citations

    13

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  4. Physics Letters A

    11 publications · 201 citations

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