The Quantum Divide : Why Schrodinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive PDF
by Christopher C. Gerry, Kimberley M. Bruno
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Using a selection of key experiments performed over the past 30 years or so, we present a discussion of the strikingly counter-intuitive phenomena of the quantum world that defy explanation in terms of everyday "common sense" reasoning, and we provide the corresponding quantum mechanical explanations with a very elementary use of associated formalism.
Most, but certainly not all, of the experiments we describe are optical experiments involving a very small number ofphotons (particles of light).
We begin with experiments on the wave-particle duality of electrons, proceed to experiments on the particle nature of light and single photon interference, delayed choice experiments and interaction-free detection, then go on to experiments involving the interference oftwo photons, quantum entanglement and Bell's Theorem, quantum teleportation, large-scale quantum effects and the divide between the classical and quantum worlds, addressing the question as to whether or not there is such a divide.
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- Publisher:OUP Oxford
- Publication Date:22/02/2013
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