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When measuring the decay of a radioactive atom with a geiger counter, we collapses the superposition of the decay and undecayed state. This will affect the rate of decay of the atom.
However the geiger counter does not actively interact with the atom. It does not shoot any particle at the atom, it only absorbs the particle emitted from the decay. And this means it does nothing to the atom.
So is the rate of decay of the atom altered?
However the geiger counter does not actively interact with the atom. It does not shoot any particle at the atom, it only absorbs the particle emitted from the decay. And this means it does nothing to the atom.
So is the rate of decay of the atom altered?