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I remember that electrons exist in the probability cloud that corresponds to the orbital they reside in, and according to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, they can't share spin in the same orbital.
According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, when the wavefunction is collapsed because the electron is observed, is it located near it's previous location the last time it was observed or is it anywhere in the probability cloud? I ask this because I thought the electron can be anywhere in the probability cloud, even despite having previously been observed to be in a specific point.
So perhaps the electron appears at any random place at any time, right?
o| Hiram
According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, when the wavefunction is collapsed because the electron is observed, is it located near it's previous location the last time it was observed or is it anywhere in the probability cloud? I ask this because I thought the electron can be anywhere in the probability cloud, even despite having previously been observed to be in a specific point.
So perhaps the electron appears at any random place at any time, right?
o| Hiram