
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pegg, DT 
T1  - Wave Function Collapse in Atomic Physics
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SP  - 77
EP  - 86
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH930077 
N2  - Wave function collapse has been a contentious concept in quantum mechanics for a considerable time. Here we show examples of how the concept can be used to advantage in predicting the statistical results of three experiments in atomic physics and quantum optics: photon antibunching, single-photon phase difference states and interrupted single-atom fluorescence. We examine the question of whether or not collapse is 'really' a physical process, and discuss the consequences of simply omitting it but including the observer as a part of the overall system governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. The resulting entangled world does not appear to be inconsistent with experience. 
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