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Two hallmarks of quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement are the ensemble-level conservation of the expectation value of the measured observable $A$ and the eventual, inevitable collapse of the system into some eigenstate of $A$. This…

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Non-interferometric experiments have been successfully employed to constrain models of spontaneous wave function collapse, which predict a violation of the quantum superposition principle for large systems. These experiments are grounded on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-22 Sandro Donadi , Luca Ferialdi , Angelo Bassi

In quantum mechanics, measurements cause wavefunction collapse that yields precise outcomes, for non-commuting observables such as position and momentum Heisenberg's uncertainty principle limits the intrinsic precision of a state. Although…

We show that long standing debates on the collapse and the role of the observer in quantum mechanics can be resolved experimentally via a nondistructive continuous monitoring of a single quantum system. An example of such a system, coupled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. A. Gurvitz

We formulate a model of a quantum particle continuously monitored by detectors measuring simultaneously its position and momentum. We implement the postulate of wavefunction collapse by assuming that upon detection the particle is found in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-01 Filip Gampel , Mariusz Gajda

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…

General Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Gui-Lu Long

This paper proposes an experiment designed to distinguish between competing interpretations of quantum mechanics: those that involve wave function collapse and those that assume purely unitary evolution. The experiment tests whether an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Peter Renkel

Consecutive quantum measurements performed on the same system can reveal fundamental insights into quantum theory's causal structure, and probe different aspects of the quantum measurement problem. According to the Copenhagen…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Jennifer R. Glick , Christoph Adami

We formulate the conditions under which the dynamics of a continuously measured quantum system becomes indistinguishable from that of the corresponding classical system. In particular, we demonstrate that even in a classically chaotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-23 Tanmoy Bhattacharya , Salman Habib , Kurt Jacobs

One of the main postulates of quantum mechanics is that measurements destroy quantum coherence (wave function collapse). Recently it was discovered that in a many-body system dilute local measurements still preserve some coherence across…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Aleksei Khindanov , Igor L. Aleiner , Lara Faoro , Lev B. Ioffe

The dynamics of a quantum-many body system subject to measurements is naturally described by an ensemble of quantum trajectories, which can feature measurement-induced phase transitions (MIPTs). This phenomenon cannot be revealed through…

Any realist interpretation of quantum theory must grapple with the measurement problem and the status of state-vector collapse. In a no-collapse approach, measurement is typically modeled as a dynamical process involving decoherence. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-22 Jacob A. Barandes , David Kagan

We analyse the wave function collapse as seem by two distinct observers (with identical detectors) in relative motion. Imposing that the measurement process demands information transfer from the system to the detectors, we note that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-12 Milton A. da Silva , Roberto M. Serra , Lucas C. Celeri

We show using a realistic Hamiltonian-type model that definite outcomes of quantum measurements may emerge from quantum evolution of pure states, i.e quantum dynamics provides a deterministic collapse of the wavefunction in a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-10 Håkon Brox , Kåre Olaussen , Anh Kiet Nguyen

We propose an effective non-relativistic framework in which wave-function collapse emerges as a deterministic dynamical instability induced by gravitational self-interaction and regulated by short-distance repulsion. The dynamics is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 C. A. S. Almeida

We study localization properties of continuously monitored dynamics and associated measurement-induced phase transitions in disordered quantum many-body systems on the basis of the quantum trajectory approach. By calculating the fidelity…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-06-09 Kazuki Yamamoto , Ryusuke Hamazaki

The standard approach to quantum measurements is to assume that they lead to effectively instantaneous collapse of the quantum state. However, if we assume that we are unable to enforce at what exact moment of time the measurement occurs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Igor Prlina , Milutin Živković

Wavefunction collapse models modify Schr\"odinger's equation so that it describes the collapse of a superposition of macroscopically distinguishable states as a dynamical process. This provides a basis for the resolution of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-26 Daniel Bedingham , Hendrik Ulbricht

Quantum state diffusion is a framework within which measurement may be described as the continuous and gradual collapse of a quantum system to an eigenstate as a result of interaction with its environment. The irreversible nature of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-18 Sophia M. Walls , Adam Bloss , Ian J. Ford

During a continuous measurement, quantum systems can be described by a stochastic Schr\"odinger equation which, in the appropriate limit, reproduces the von Neumann wave-function collapse. The average behavior on the ensemble of all…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 Carlo Presilla , Ubaldo Tanbini
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