The Decoherence Of Measurement

Essay specific features

 

Issue:

Miscellaneous

 

Written by:

George M

 

Date added:

November 9, 2015

 

Level:

University

 

Grade:

B

 

No of pages / words:

5 / 1392

 

Was viewed:

2629 times

 

Rating of current essay:

 
Essay content:

The wave function (which describes the co-existing, superpositioned, states of the system) collapses following a measurement. It seems that just by knowing the results of a measurement ? we determine its outcome, determine the state of the system and, by implication, the state of the Universe as a whole...
displayed 300 characters

Custom written essay

All essays are written from scratch by professional writers according to your instructions and delivered to your email on time. Prices start from $10.99/page

Order custom paper

Full essays database

You get access to all the essays and can view as many of them as you like for as little as $28.95/month

Buy database access

Order custom writing paper now!

  • Your research paper is written
    by certified writers
  • Your requirements and targets are
    always met
  • You are able to control the progress
    of your writing assignment
  • You get a chance to become an
    excellent student!

Get a price guote

 
 

This notion is so counter-intuitive that it fostered a raging debate which has been on going for more than 7 decades now. But, could we have turned the question (and, inevitably, the answer) on its head? Is it the measurement that brings about the collapse ? or, maybe, we are capable of measuring only collapsed results? Maybe our very ability to measure, to design measurement methods and instrumentation, to conceptualize measurement and so on ? are thus limited as to yield only the collapse solutions of the wave function? Superpositions are notoriously unstable...
displayed 300 characters

General issues of this essay:

Related essays:

x
Services