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That means, if you’re able to calculate wave-function of those quantum fluctuations, you can learn how the universe ended up the way it is now. In a pre-print, a group of physicists around Nima Arkani ...

The orthodox interpretation of the quantum wave function sees it as real – as part of the physical furniture of the universe. Some even go as far as to argue that the entire universe is a quantum wave ...

If the wave function is real, then a single experiment should not be able to determine its polarisation – it can have both until you take more measurements. Alternatively, ...

Understanding the nature of the quantum dot wave function in bilayer graphene is important because this basic property determines several relevant features for quantum information processing, such ...

The only way to collapse the wave function (and retroactively force the isotope to have decayed or to have not decayed) is to open the box and find out. This is pretty embarrassing.

First we have proportional parts of all numbers up to 100; then on one page three-place logarithms of numbers and of the six trigonometric functions, natural and logarithmic.

That blue, pixelated image, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first image of an atom’s electron orbital structure. In other words, you’re looking at the first picture of an atom’s wave function.