A Mechanical Effect Induced by Electromagnetic Radiation May Explain the Wave Function Collapse of a Quantum Object

摘要

When we try to observe a quantum object {∣ψip)) during its unitary evolving phase (U phase), the Wave Function Collapse of the measured quantum object (QO) set up. The latter undergoes a jump of the quantum state: ∣(ψ∣ø)∣~2. We have that before the measurement the QO is delocalised and behaves almost as a wave. In fact in the experiment of the two holes (if we do not make any measurement) the QO leaves on the screen an interference figure, typical of waves. In the same experiment, if we try to see where the QO passes, we have that it is localized and leaves on the screen only point like marks, as a corpuscle. The experiment shows clearly that as we light the QO, the light modifies its behaviour, going from an undulating-like behaviour to a corpuscular-like one. What makes the differences in the observed QO? What induces the Wave Function Collapse, that is the reduction of the state vector in the QO? We need to remember that the momentum (p) of any particle, including the photon (P), is given by the well known formula p = h/λ, where h is Planck's constant and A (along with de Broglie's intuitions) corresponds to wave length of the considered particle. Thus a single visible P of a mean wave length has a momentum of p = h/5 · 10~(14) [c/s]. Our calculations show that this P has: p = 1.1623 · 10~(-22) [g·cm/s], that is one hundred times bigger than the mass of a proton. We think that it is this huge impact force, carried out by the P, to induce the Wave Function Collapse of the QO hit by the electromagnetic radiation.