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Collapse-in and Collapse-out in Partial Measurement in Quantum Mechanics and its WISE Interpretation

General Physics 2021-06-04 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this short communication, I gave a generalization of measurement postulate in quantum mechanics. It is regarding the case with partial measurement, namely, measurement on only part of a wave function. Upon a partial measurement, the wavefunction will either collapse in one of the eigenstate covered by the measured partial wavefunction; or collapses out of the measured part and shifts to the unmeasured part. An explanation in the WISE (Wavefunction Is System Entity) interpretation is given.

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@article{arxiv.2106.00466,
  title  = {Collapse-in and Collapse-out in Partial Measurement in Quantum Mechanics and its WISE Interpretation},
  author = {Gui-Lu Long},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.00466},
  year   = {2021}
}

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2 pages. SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, (2021)