Tagged: measurement
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- Copenhagen interpretationGlossary · The Copenhagen interpretation is the traditional view of quantum mechanics in which measurement collapses the wave function to a single definite outcome.
- EigenstateGlossary · An eigenstate is a quantum state with a definite value, the eigenvalue, of a given observable, and measuring that observable returns that value.
- ObservableGlossary · An observable is a measurable physical quantity in quantum mechanics, represented by an operator whose eigenvalues are the possible measurement outcomes.
- Quantum circuitQuantum computing · A quantum circuit is a sequence of quantum gates and measurements acting on qubits; it is the standard model in which quantum algorithms are expressed and run.
- Schrodinger's catQuantum physics · Schrodinger's cat is a 1935 thought experiment in which a cat is placed in a superposition of alive and dead to expose the quantum measurement problem.