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

Sudarshan, E. C. G.Petrosky, Tomio Y.2011-07-062017-05-112011-07-062017-05-112011-05May 2011http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2979textThe 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.application/pdfengCollapse of wave functionQuantum Zeno effectDecoherenceQuantum measurementSchrodinger equationMarkov equationCoherence (Nuclear physics)On von Neumann's hypothesis of collapse of the wave function and quantum Zeno paradox in continuous measurementthesis2011-07-062152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2979