Wave Function Collapse as Explaining-Away Penalty: Weak Measurement Sweep on IBM Quantum Hardware

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• This research aims to investigate wave function collapse as an explaining-away penalty using weak measurements.
• Conducted a weak measurement sweep from 0.0 to 1.0 in 11 steps on the IBM Fez quantum processor.
• Measured penalty increase in response to varied measurement strengths.
• Analyzed data with statistical methods including Spearman correlation.
• Confirmed a monotonically increasing penalty from near zero to a peak of 0.125 bits at full collapse.
• Achieved a correlation coefficient of 0.973, indicating strong relationship between measurement strength and penalty.
• All kill conditions were met, validating the experimental setup.

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