Does Wave Function collapse create EMP ??

[Widdekind]

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 ??

[swansont]

Only if the superposition involved different energy states. Energy is conserved.

[Widdekind]

Wow, so WF-C might emit photons -- like the the "(electron) absorption & cascade" emissions seen in Ionized Hydrogen Regions of the ISM ?

[swansont]

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.

[Widdekind]

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.

[swansont]

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.

[Widdekind]

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 ?