Logical reformulation of quantum mechanics. II. Interferences and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment
Description
The consistent quantum interpretations of logic that were introduced in a previous paper are applied to four experiments: (1) ordinary interferences, (2) the Badurek-Rauch-Tuppinger neutron interferometry experiment, (3) the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment, and (4) the detection far away of the origin of a nonrelativistic particle initially near the origin. In the first two cases, the proposition calculus excludes the possibility of observing interferences and of asserting together through which path the particles went. It is used to provide a somewhat complete discussion of the Badurek-Rauch-Tuppinger experiment. The possibility of using logical implication allows a rather complete discussion of the EPR experiment, including the question of causality, although the lack of a relativistic version of the theory does not allow a complete discussion of causality. The last experiment leads to the following result: Detecting the position of a particle at time t sometimes allows one to determine with a finite uncertainty what its momentum was just before the position measurement, even when it is infinitely precise
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Statistical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 53
- Journal Issue
- 3-4
- Series
- J. Stat. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 933-955
- ISSN
- 0022-4715
- CODEN
- JSTPB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20053390
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CAUSALITY; HEISENBERG PICTURE; INTERFERENCE; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MEASURE THEORY; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PHOTONS; POLARIZED BEAMS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPIN; SPIN FLIP; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BARYONS; BEAMS; BOSONS; DECAY; DETECTION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; HADRONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICS; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RESONANCE