Volume 38, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2009
Pete A. Y. Gunter
Pages 304-318
Collapse of the Quantum Wave Function
The following introduction offers a broad survey of the history of quantum physics. It then outlines the position of each contributor in this Special Focus Section concerning the collapse of the quantum wave function and defines three important terms (Hilbert space, Schrödinger’s cat, and decoherence) used in discussing this topic.