Widdekind Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 When an electron's Wave Function collapses, its average charge density is dramatically & suddenly shifted. Does this create any kind of Electromagnetic Pulse, or other such disturbance ? (Would that require the emission of photons ??) And, if you could get gazillions & gazillions of electrons, all to WF-collapse, all at once, could you create impressive EMP ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Only if the superposition involved different energy states. Energy is conserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widdekind Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Wow, so WF-C might emit photons -- like the the "(electron) absorption & cascade" emissions seen in Ionized Hydrogen Regions of the ISM ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Wow, so WF-C might emit photons -- like the the "(electron) absorption & cascade" emissions seen in Ionized Hydrogen Regions of the ISM ? Electron recombination is not generally an example of wave function collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widdekind Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 Perhaps "partial collapse" ? A large, extended, "plane-wave-like WF" (free electron) shrinks & "deflates down", into a localized, confined, spheroidal sort of WF (bound electron). Such roughly resembles WFC in kind, if not degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Perhaps "partial collapse" ? A large, extended, "plane-wave-like WF" (free electron) shrinks & "deflates down", into a localized, confined, spheroidal sort of WF (bound electron). Such roughly resembles WFC in kind, if not degree. Localization generally does not involve an energy superposition. If you have a single energy eigenstate, there will be no photon emission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widdekind Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Localization generally does not involve an energy superposition. If you have a single energy eigenstate, there will be no photon emission. What is an example of localization, within a single energy eigenstate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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