In General > s.a. correlations;
Interference.
* Idea: Complementarity
in quantum mechanics is demonstrated by Young's double slit experiment with
one particle at a time.
@ References: Lamoreaux IJMPA(92)
[review]; Branning AS(97)
[local realism and experiments]; Genovese et al PLB(01)qp,
FP(02)qp/01 [with
mesons]; Haroche & Raimond 06.
> Gedankenexperiments:
see bell's inequality; Einstein's
Boxes; EPR paradox.
Kochen-Specker Experiment / Theorem > s.a. realism;
Topos.
* Idea: Usually interpreted
to imply that predictions of non-contextual hidden variable theories cannot
agree with Copenhagen quantum mechanics.
@ General references: Kochen & Specker JMM(67);
Lenard in Enz & Mehra 74; Peres JPA(91);
Gill & Keane JPA(96)qp/03 [geometric];
Hamilton JPA(00)
[obstruction-based approach]; Cabello et al PLA(05)qp [proof
in any D > 3]; Nagata JMP(05)
[inequalities]; Malley PLA(06)qp [implication];
Rudolph qp/06 [and
ontological models]; Brunet PLA(07)
[and a priori knowledge]; Straumann a0801 [simple proof].
@ Experimental precision/nullification: Meyer PRL(99)qp +
Mermin qp/99,
Clifton & Kent PRS(00)qp/99 ["nullification"];
Appleby PRA(02)qp/00, qp/01 ["nullification"
of "nullification"]; Cabello PRA(02)qp/01;
Breuer PRL(02)qp;
Appleby SHPMP(05)qp/03;
Peres qp/03;
Barrett & Kent
SHPMP(04).
@ Single particle: Simon et al PRL(00)qp; Cabello PRL(03)
[qubit]; Huang et al PRL(03) [photons, test].
@ Generalized: Cabello et al PLA(96), IJMPA(00)qp/99;
Peres FP(96)qp/95;
Aravind
PRA(03)qp;
Hrushovski & Pitowsky SHPMP(04)qp/03-in
[and Gleason's theorem]; Döring
IJTP(05)qp/04 [for
von Neumann algebras]; Dowker & Ghazi-Tabatabai JPA(08)-a0711 [for
quantum measure theory].
Experiments on Superluminal Communication > s.a. causality
violation;
quantum effects.
* Delayed choice: 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 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'.
@ General references: Wheeler in(78); Englert et al ZN(92);
Svozil qp/01.
@ 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)
[and Bohm approach]; Jacques et al qp/06,
comment Norsen qp/06,
Roussel & Stefan a0706 [realization];
news pw(07)feb;
Jacques et al a0710;
Zhao et al a0712-EPL
[with photons, simulation].
Macroscopic Objects > s.a. classical
limit.
* Schrödinger's cat:
Thought experiment proposed in 1935 by E Schrödinger; A similar, real
experiment was done in 1996 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; > s.a. pilot wave.
@ General references: Leggett CP(84) [intro to macroscopic quantum tunneling].
@ Schrödinger's cat: Loeser AJP(84),
comment Ballentine AJP(86)
[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].
Types of Experiments > s.a. experiments
in physics; foundations; neutron [interferometry];
hidden variables; pilot
wave; 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 hv theories.
@ Many-worlds: Stone PhSc(94).
@ Stern-Gerlach: Alstrøm et al AJP(82);
Batelaan et al PRL(97)
[e's];
Hannout et al AJP(98);
Reinisch PLA(99)
[entanglement]; Cruz-Barrios & Gómez-Camacho
PRA(01)
[semiclassical description]; Friedrich & Herschbach PT(03)dec
[history]; Porter et al AJP(03)
[transverse, demonstration]; Ashmead qp/03 [no
collapse]; Frasca qp/04 [analysis];
Potel et al PRA(05)qp/04 [quantum
description]; de Oliveira & Caldeira qp/06 [coherence
and entanglement].
@ 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
[photons].
@ Entangled states: Laflamme et al PTRS(98)qp/97; Banaszek & Wódkiewicz
PRL(99) [and Wigner function].
@ Quantum (anti-)Zeno effect: Itano et al PRA(90); Venugopalan & Ghosh
qp/95;
Fischer et al PRL(01)qp [unstable,
Na atoms].
@ Quantum trajectories: Kröger PRA(97)qp;
Brun AJP(02)qp/01;
Floyd qp/03-in
[high-E limit], qp/03-in
[vs Copenhagen].
@ Numerical: Kisil qp/01-in
[trajectories, 2 slits]; > s.a. collapse
of the wave function.
@ GHZ: Clifton et al FP(91)
[generalized]; Zukowski 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].
@ On decoherence: Anglin & Zurek qp/96-in [induced currents and interference
patterns].
@ On locality: Nha & Carmichael PRL(04) [continuous variables].
@ Light: Brida et al PLA(04)qp [wave-particle duality].
@ Atoms: Wunderlich & Balzer qp/03-in
[trapped ions]; Lindner et al PRA(03)qp [states
as direction indicators]; Gondran et al qp/07/FP
[slits, Rydberg atoms, and the wave function interpretation]; news pn(07)apr,
pw(07)apr
[tunneling from atoms].
@ Particle decay: Skalsey PRD(86) [
decay];
Klein & Nystrand
PLA(03)qp/02 [and
wave function collapse].
@ Contextuality: Cabello et al a0804 [with
neutrons]; Nambu a0805 [with non-entangled photons].
@ Other types: Ni qp/99,
Plaga FPL(00)qp [general];
Hansson qp/00 [underlying
deterministic chaos?]; Qureshi IJQI(04)qp/03,
AJP(05)qp/04 [Popper's
experiment]; Valentini JPA(07)ht/06
[astrophysics and cosmology]; > s.a. Aharonov-Casher,
hilbert space, particle
statistics.
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