Watching a wavefunction gradually collapse

[marcus]

some very beautiful experimental work, observing the progressive collapse of a a wavefunction.

beautiful illustrations too

I didn't see this discussed here so decided to start a thread on it

http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3880

 

[Demystifier]

It cannot explain a kind of collapse needed, e.g., for EPR type effects.

 

[genneth]

I notice that they're very keen on their Fock states... even though it's a local experiment, so the states can't be *real* Fock states (ala Rovelli's "Global particles, local particles"). Still, it's fascinating! Unfortunately, I can't make heads or tails of their experimental setup, nor of the results-processing that they do.

Must try harder, I guess.