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I suppose that you probably think of a procedure like this: 1. calculate all the eigenstates of the system to an operator. 2. calculate the transition probabilities 3. choose a random number n and then 4. say at t=3Dt0 that psi:=3Dpsi(n) = But I wanted to know wether it is possible to simulate the process of the-collapse-of-the-wave-function (at least in principle). This means that I do not calculate the eigenstates but somehow simulate the measurement process itself. This can not be done by coupling the system to other particles or to the vacuum because this only leads to an entangled system. This is the case because the interaction is described using the Schroedinger-Equation but this means its unitary but measurement is not a unitary process. Can quantum mechanics be considered complete without a valid description of the measurement process ?
Re: Can decoherence (reduction to an eigenstate) be simulated with a computer ?
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