On von Neumann's hypothesis of collapse of the wave function and quantum Zeno paradox in continuous measurement

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dc.contributor.advisorSudarshan, E. C. G.en
dc.contributor.advisorPetrosky, Tomio Y.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBohm, Arno R.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSchieve, William C.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWyatt, Robert E.en
dc.creatorKim, Dongilen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-06T15:33:06Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:22:31Z
dc.date.available2011-07-06T15:33:06Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:22:31Z
dc.date.issued2011-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2011en
dc.date.updated2011-07-06T15:33:10Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe experiment performed by Itano, Heinzen, Bollinger and Wineland on the quantum Zeno effect is analyzed in detail through a quantum map derived by conventional quantum mechanics based on the Schrodinger equation. The analysis shows that a slight modification of their experiment leads to a significantly different result from the one that is predicted through von Neumann's hypothesis of collapse of the wave function in the quantum measurement theory. This may offer a possibility of an experimental test of von Neumann's quantum measurement theory.en
dc.description.departmentPhysicsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2979en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2979en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectCollapse of wave functionen
dc.subjectQuantum Zeno effecten
dc.subjectDecoherenceen
dc.subjectQuantum measurementen
dc.subjectSchrodinger equationen
dc.subjectMarkov equationen
dc.subjectCoherence (Nuclear physics)en
dc.titleOn von Neumann's hypothesis of collapse of the wave function and quantum Zeno paradox in continuous measurementen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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