Schrödinger's cat

Schröd nger's cat s a thought exper ment, somet mes descr bed as a
paradox, planned by Austr an-Ir sh phys c st Erw n Schröd nger n 1935.
It llustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen
nterpretat on of quantum mechan cs. The scenar o presents a
hypothet cal cat that may be s multaneously both al ve and dead,a state
known as a quantum superpos t on, as a result of be ng l nked to a
random subatom c event that may or may not occur.
"Schrodinger's Cat" was not a real experiment and therefore did not
scientifically prove anything. Schrodinger's Cat is not even part of any
scientific theory. Schrodinger's Cat was simply a teaching tool that
Schrodinger used to illustrate how some people were misinterpreting
quantum theory. Schrodinger constructed his imaginary experiment
with the cat to demonstrate that simple misinterpretations of quantum
theory can lead to absurd results which do not match the real world.
In quantum theory, quantum particles can exist in a superposition of
states at the same time and collapse down to a single state upon
interaction with other particles. Some scientists at the time that
quantum theory was being developed (1930's) drifted from science into
the realm of philosophy, and stated that quantum particles only
collapse to a single state when viewed by a conscious observer.
Schrodinger found this concept absurd and devised his thought
experiment to make plain the absurd yet logical outcome of such
claims.
In Schrodinger's imaginary experiment, you place a cat in a box with a
tiny bit of radioactive substance. When the radioactive substance
decays, it triggers a Geiger counter which causes a poison or explosion
to be released that kills the cat. Now, the decay of the radioactive
substance is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. This means
that the atom starts in a combined state of "going to decay" and "not
going to decay". If we apply the observer-driven idea to this case,
there is no conscious observer present (everything is in a sealed box),
so the whole system stays as a combination of the two possibilities.
The cat ends up both dead and alive at the same time. Because the
existence of a cat that is both dead and alive at the same time is
absurd and does not happen in the real world, this thought experiment
shows that wave function collapses are not just driven by conscious
observers.
In fact, every interaction a quantum particle makes can collapse its
state. Careful analysis reveals that the Schrodinger Cat "experiment"
would play out in the real world as follows: as soon as the radioactive
atom interacts with the Geiger counter, it collapses from its
non-decayed/decayed state into one definite state. The Geiger
counter gets definitely triggered and the Cat gets definitely killed. Or
the Geiger counter gets definitely not triggered and the cat is
definitely alive. But both don't happen.
In fact, every interaction a quantum particle makes can collapse its
state. Careful analysis reveals that the Schrodinger Cat "experiment"
would play out in the real world as follows: as soon as the radioactive
atom interacts with the Geiger counter, it collapses from its
non-decayed/decayed state into one definite state. The Geiger
counter gets definitely triggered and the Cat gets definitely killed. Or
the Geiger counter gets definitely not triggered and the cat is
definitely alive. But both don't happen.
Schröd nger's cat: a cat, a flask of po son, and a rad oact ve source are
placed n a sealed box. If an nternal mon tor (e.g. Ge ger counter)
detects rad oact v ty ( .e. a s ngle atom decay ng), the flask s shattered,
releas ng the po son, wh ch k lls the cat. The Copenhagen nterpretat on
of quantum mechan cs mpl es that after a wh le, the cat s
s multaneously al ve and dead. Yet, when one looks n the box, one sees
the cat e ther al ve or dead, not both al ve and dead. Th s poses the
quest on of when exactly quantum superpos t on ends and real ty
resolves nto one poss b l ty or the other.

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