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Hi, I'm new to this thread. My brother tried to explain the Schrodinger's cat to me but the explanation was vague, I became confused. Can someone explain to me in high schooler language what it is and how it works? Thanks in advance.
A good book in general, to get an understanding of quantum mechanics which underpins the cat thought experiment, is 'Sneaking a Look at God's Cards' - https://www.amazon.com/dp/069113037X/?tag=pfamazon01-20Hi, I'm new to this thread. My brother tried to explain the Schrodinger's cat to me but the explanation was vague, I became confused. Can someone explain to me in high schooler language what it is and how it works? Thanks in advance.
I will give it a try with the help of a Sixty Symbols video.My brother tried to explain the Schrodinger's cat to me but the explanation was vague, I became confused. Can someone explain to me in high schooler language what it is and how it works? Thanks in advance.
And here is an example of such an experiment:1 Nowadays, there are however a number of experiments that have managed to put large objects in superposition, though the objects have not been as large as cats.
I will give it a try with the help of a Sixty Symbols video.
In quantum mechanics, objects can be in a so-called superposition of states, which is sort of a mixture of different states. However when they are measured, i.e. interacts with the environment, objects are found to be in a particular state and never in a mixture of states. The process of going from a superposition to a particular state is called wave function collapse.
Please do note that decoherence, which is the system (e.g. the cat) interacting with the environment, is in principle still in a superposition..