Saturday, October 25, 2014

The quantum state just after a position measurement


The wave function of a free particle is given as, ψ(x) = ex2/a2.


Then a position measurement is made and the position of the particle is found to be at x=a.


My question is: What is the state of the particle just after this measurement? Is it equal to ψ(x=a) ?





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