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Title: Difficulty in detecting deviations from wave-function collapse

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

We use the example of a Stern-Gerlach apparatus to show that the quantum-mechanical measurement problem ceases to be a physical problem for a measuring device with many degrees of freedom in the sense that deviations from wave-function collapse become virtually impossible to detect.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021
OSTI ID:
7063019
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 38:7, Issue 7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English