B Is there a resource that discusses wave collapse experiments?

[HomesliceMMA]

I would love to read about the different experiments that deal with the collapse of the wave functions and related items. Maybe summaries, I definitely don't want to get into math or anything. Just what causes it to collapse, what doesn't, can it partially collapse, can it collapse in these circumstances, can it de-collapse, etc. etc., whatever might be out there.

Is there any website that does this? Or barring this, can anyone recommend a good book? I've read a TON of popular books related to the subject matter, almost everyone goes through the long history of everything, who figured out what, but never really gets down into the nitty gritty of things - would love one that just focused on what experiments have been done and what they show.

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[PeterDonis]

I would love to read about the different experiments that deal with the collapse of the wave functions and related items.

There aren't any. In QM itself, short of adopting a particular interpretation, "collapse" is not a physical process: it's a mathematical adjustment you make in your model when you know what the result of a measurement is.

Beyond that, the question of whether "collapse" is a physical process or not is an open one, and different interpretations of QM take different positions on it. Discussion of that belongs in the interpretations subforum, not this one.

 

[PeterDonis]

The general topic of the OP is best addressed in a separate thread in the interpretations subforum, and should be focused on a more specific question than just "collapse".

This thread is closed.