Measurement of the Schrodinger wave of a single particle

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the feasibility of directly measuring the Schrödinger wave of a single quantum particle, challenging traditional views on the physical reality of quantum states.

Contribution

It introduces a method for measuring the wave function of a single quantum system, providing evidence that quantum states have direct physical reality.

Findings

Single-particle wave functions can be experimentally measured.

Supports the view that quantum states are physically real.

Challenges the ensemble-only interpretation of quantum states.

Abstract

We show that it is possible to measure Schrodinger wave of a single quantum system. This provides a strong argument for associating physical reality with the quantum state of a single system, and challenges the usual assumption that the quantum state has physical meaning only for an ensemble of identical systems.