Experiments in Quantum Theory| Experiments in Quantum Theory |
In General
> s.a. Complementarity; history of quantum theory;
interference; quantum correlations.
* Idea: The field of
"experimental metaphysics" (Shimony) has become a well-developed
one, helped both by new experimental techniques, and by the emergence of
quantum information science.
@ Reviews, books: Lamoreaux IJMPA(92) [rev];
Haroche & Raimond 06;
news nat(15)may.
@ General references:
Torgerson et al PLA(95),
Branning AS(97)mar [local realism and experiments];
Genovese et al PLB(01)qp,
FP(02)qp/01 [with mesons];
Carlson et al AJP(06)mar [local realism];
Heinosaari & Ziman APS(08)-a0810-ln [mathematical];
Cavalcanti PhD(08)-a0810;
Sanders pw(08)dec [visualizations];
Semenov & Vogel PRA(11)-a1004 [fake violations of quantum theory];
Stuart et al PRL(12)-a1105 [theories with more predictive power than quantum theory];
Curceanu et al JPCS(12);
Aharonov & Vazirani a1206-ch
["interactive experiments" and the falsifiability of quantum mechanics];
Tsang QMetr(13)-a1306 [statistical approach to tests];
Dhand et al a1806 [simple experiments].
> Gedankenexperiments: see Einstein's
Boxes; EPR-type experiments [and Bell's inequalities];
Kochen-Specker Experiment.
Experiments on Superluminal Communication
> s.a. causality violations; quantum effects.
* Delayed choice: The name given
by Wheeler to a set of experiments on the predictions of quantum mechanics; One
prepares a system in some state, and chooses what measurement will be performed
(one that will detect particlelike properties or wavelike properties) on the system
only after the preparation; The surprise provided by the original delayed-choice
experiment led Wheeler to the conclusion that 'no phenomenon is a phenomenon until
it is an observed phenomenon'; Results obtained in 2007 by A Aspect et al with single
photons, and by A Truscott in 2015 with atoms confirm the predictions of quantum mechanics
and indicate that, barring backward causation, a particle decides whether to be a wave
or a particle when the measurement is carried out.
@ General references: Wheeler in(78);
Svozil pr(89)qp/01;
Englert et al ZN(92).
@ Delayed choice:
Bohm et al Nat(85)may [and quantum potential];
Griffiths FdP(98)qp [and consistent histories];
Srikanth qp/01-in [and quantum field theory];
Hiley & Callaghan PS(06)-a1602 [and the Bohm approach];
Jacques et al Sci(07)qp/06
+ news pw(07)feb,
comment Norsen qp/06,
Roussel & Stefan a0706 [experimental realization];
Jacques et al AP-P(07)-a0710;
Zhao et al EPL(08)-a0712 [with photons, simulation];
Gaasbeek a1007 [didactical and intuitive explanation];
Ionicioiu & Terno PRL(11)-a1103
+ Schirber Phy(11) [quantum version];
Ma et al RMP(16)-a1407 [gedanken experiments, and their realizations];
Heaney a1409 [proposed resolution of paradox];
Manning et al nPhys(15)may
+ news pw(15)may [single ultracold metastable He atom in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer];
news Vang(15)oct [with quantum die];
news cosmos(17)oct [satellites around earth];
Šafránek a1907-MS [and causality];
> s.a. black holes and information.
Macroscopic Scales > s.a. classical limit.
* Schrödinger's cat:
Thought experiment proposed in 1935 by E Schrödinger; 1996, Real
experiment done at NIST with a charged beryllium atom instead of a cat;
The group demonstrated that the atom could be at two different locations
and have two different spin states at the same time, from the interference
pattern they observed; 2016, Demonstration with a large number of photons
in two microwave cavities; > s.a. pilot-wave interpretation;
Wikipedia page.
@ General references: Leggett CP(84) [intro to macroscopic quantum tunneling];
Valentini JPA(07)ht/06 [astrophysics and cosmology];
Rideout et al CQG(12)-a1206 [fundamental quantum-optics experiments with satellites];
Howl et al AiP(18)-a1607 [quantum field theory and gravity].
@ Schrödinger's cat: Lubkin IJTP(79);
Loeser AJP(84)dec,
comment Ballentine AJP(86)oct [three perspectives];
Bussey PLA(87);
Mermin PT(90)jun;
Sakaguchi qp/95;
Monroe et al Sci(96)may
+ pn(96)may [Be ions];
Wódkiewicz NJP(00) [non-locality];
Mould qp/02;
Choi SA(03)feb [scaled-up version];
news nat(09)sep ["Schrödinger's virus" experiment proposal];
Wilson a1208 [objection];
Nikolić EJP(15)-a1406 [what is it like to be the cat];
news pw(16)may [experiment with microwave cavities];
news quanta(18)jun [Schrödinger's kittens];
news pt(19)jan [optical analog];
Suarez a1906;
Cabaret et al a2104.
@ Other quantum superpositions: Haigh et al OC(10)-a0907 [BECs];
Romero-Isart et al NJP(10)-a0909 [living organisms].
Types of Experiments
> s.a. experiments in physics; foundations;
realism [including non-local]; uncertainty.
* Non-demolition:
Technique to make a measurement on a particle without destroying it or
absorbing energy from it; An antenna can in principle be used to measure
arbitrarily weak classical signals with arbitrary accuracy.
* GHZ experiment / theorem:
(Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger) Demonstrates the impossibility of certain
types of local hidden-variable theories.
@ Non-demolition: Braginsky et al Sci(80)aug;
Caves et al RMP(80);
Braginsky & Khalili RMP(96);
Nogues Nat(99)jul
+ pn(99)jul [photons];
Camacho GRG(01) [inhomogeneous gravitational field];
Staszewski & Staszewska PLA(01) [on coherent state];
news pw(07)mar,
Gerry & Bui PLA(08) [photons];
Sherman et al PRL(13)
+ news PhysOrg(13)nov [recovery of a qubit from partial collapse].
@ Entangled states: Laflamme et al PTRS(98)qp/97;
Banaszek & Wódkiewicz PRL(99) [and Wigner function];
news pt(15)nov [loophole-free].
@ Quantum (anti-)Zeno effect:
Itano et al PRA(90);
Venugopalan & Ghosh qp/95;
Fischer et al PRL(01)qp [unstable, Na atoms];
Toschek EPL(13)
+ news PhysOrg(13)jun [critique of experiments].
@ Quantum trajectories: Kröger PRA(97)qp;
Brun AJP(02)jul-qp/01;
Floyd qp/03-proc [high-energy limit],
qp/03-proc [vs Copenhagen].
@ Numerical: Kisil in(02)qp/01 [trajectories, 2 slits];
> s.a. collapse of the wave function.
@ GHZ: Clifton et al FP(91) [generalized];
Żukowski PLA(91) [similar];
Lloyd PRA(98) [microscopic analogs];
Bouwmeester et al PRL(99) [3-photon];
Acacio de Barros & Suppes PRL(00) [detector inefficiency];
Khrennikov PLA(01);
Svozil NJP(06)qp/02 [simultaneous measurements];
Chen PRA(04) [proof];
You et al PLA(04) [relativistic];
Deng & Chen a0911 [test with 1D Ising model];
La Cour QS:MF(16)-a2104 [local model for tests].
@ On decoherence: Anglin & Zurek qp/96-proc [induced currents and interference patterns].
@ On locality:
Torgerson et al PRA(95) [photon polarization-correlation measurements];
Nha & Carmichael PRL(04) [continuous variables];
Scheidl et al PNAS(10)-a0811 [and freedom of choice];
Slavnov PPN(10)-a1010;
Fuwa et al nComm(15)-a1412 [photon wave function collapse];
Iannuzzi a1601 [critique of claims].
@ Light: Brida et al PLA(04)qp [wave-particle duality];
Lundeen et al Nat(11)jun-a1112 [measurement of the wave function].
@ Atoms:
Wunderlich & Balzer in(03)qp [trapped ions];
Lindner et al PRA(03)qp [states as direction indicators];
Gondran et al APPA(07)qp-proc [slits, Rydberg atoms, and the wave function interpretation];
news pn(07)apr,
pw(07)apr [tunneling from atoms].
@ Particle decay:
Skalsey PRD(86) [β decay];
Klein & Nystrand PLA(03)qp/02 [and wave-function collapse].
@ Other types: Ni qp/99,
Plaga FPL(00)qp [general];
Hansson qp/00 [underlying deterministic chaos?];
Sinha et al AIP(09) [probability sum rules];
Suarez a1410 [ruling out the pilot-wave quantum potential];
> s.a. Aharonov-Casher effect; contextuality;
geometric phase; hilbert space;
neutron [interferometry]; particle statistics;
Popper's Experiment; quantum mechanics
in curved spacetimes [tests]; Stern-Gerlach Experiment.
> And interpretations of quantum theory:
see hidden variables; many-worlds interpretation;
pilot-wave theory; ψ-Epistemic
Theories; ψ-Ontic Theories.
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