Wave-Particle Duality [E-Book] / edited by Franco Selleri.
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Personal Name(s): | Selleri, Franco, editor |
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Boston, MA :
Springer,
1992
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XIV, 306 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
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9781461533320 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4615-3332-0 |
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- 1 Probability, Pseudoprobability, Mean Values
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Pairs of Operators
- 3. Wigner’s Pseudodensity
- 4. Probability Spaces
- 5. Quantum Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
- 6. Marcinkiewicz Space and Stationary Functions
- 7. Conclusion
- 2 Local Vacua
- 1. From Bell’s Theorem to Where?
- 2. Some Basic Facts about Nonlocality
- 3. How to Get Rid of the Wave Function Collapse
- 4. The Physical Nature of the Local Vacuum
- 5. Dirac’s Covariant Vacuum as an Example
- 6. Conclusion and Outlook
- 3 Causal Quantum Theory: Why a Nonstarter?
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Formalism and Interpretation: An Example
- 3. The “Copenhagen” Interpretation
- 4. A Logically Possible, Empirically Viable Alternative: Causal Interpretations
- 5. A Modern “Double-Slit” Experiment
- 6. The Value of an Alternative Interpretation
- 7. Oposing Commitments, Opposing Schools
- 8. Forging the “Copenhagen” Interpretation
- 9. An Alternative Historical Scenario?
- 10. Internal versus External Explanations
- 4 Duality of Fluctuations, Fields, and More
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Duality of Fluctuations
- 3. Duality of Fields
- 4. Duality of the Radiation Process
- 5. The Unobservable Wave
- 6. Discussion: Measurement and Duality
- 5 Dualism within Dualism: Open Questions
- 6 Recent Contributions of Electron Interferometry to Wave-Particle Duality
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Novel Electron-Optical Biprism Interferometer
- 3. Electron Interferometric Verifications of Wave-Particle Duality
- 7 The Aharonov-Bohm Effect From the Point of View of Local Realism
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theory of the AB Effect
- 3. Looking Beyond the Mathematical Formalism
- 4. Local Realist Interpretation of the AB Effect
- 8 Are Two-Beam Self-Interferences Mass-Independent? Not Thoroughly Known (?) Role of the Mass
- 1. Introduction and Historical Backgrounds
- 2. Propositions of New Test Experiments
- 3. Is the Dirac Assumption Approximate or Not?
- 4. Hypothetical Model: The In-flight Transition before Arrival at Detector
- 5. Theoretical Perspectives
- 6. Epistemological Remarks
- 9 Wave Mechanics and Relativity
- 1. Can We Reach Wave Mechanics Starting from Classical Mechanics?
- 2. Minimal Conditions of Wave-Particle Dualism: They Are Incompatible with Classical Mechanics and Require Relativity
- 3. A Note about a Reasoning of Hamilton
- 10 Unsharp Particle-Wave Duality in Double-Slit Experiments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Photon Split-Beam Experiment
- 3. The Unsharp Measuring Process
- 4. Information Theoretical Considerations
- 5. Realization of the Unsharp Joint Measurement of P(A) and P(B)
- 6. Neutron Interference Experiments
- 11 Some Arguments against the Existence of de Broglie Waves
- 1. Distinguishing Schrödinger’s from de Broglie’s Waves
- 2. De Broglie’s Initial Concept of de Broglie Waves
- 3. Discussion of Models
- 4. Conclusion
- 12 On the “Completeness” of Quantum Mechanics
- 1. Background
- 2. Covering Theories: An Example from Electromagnetism
- 3. A Simple Covering Theory of Quantum Mechanics
- 4. Alternative “Necessitations” of the Covering Theory, Equation (2)
- 13 Neutron Interferometric Tests of Quantum Mechanics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Stochastic versus Deterministic Absorption
- 3. Wave Particle Measure
- 4. 4?-Symmetry of Spinors
- 5. Spin State Interferometry
- 6. Double Coil Experiments
- 7. Macroscopic Quantities in Uncertainty Relations
- 8. Experiments in Progress or in Preparation
- 9. Discussion
- 14 Gedanken Experiments on Duality
- 1. Approach
- 2. Wave-Particle Duality
- 3. Nonlocality
- 4. Combining Experiments on Nonlocality and Wave-Particle Duality
- 5. Testing the Proposed Approach
- 6. Another Possible Experiment
- 7. Comparison with Concrete Situations
- 8. Nonlocality and Relativity
- 9. Extending the Approach to the Case of Momentum Correlated Photons
- 15 Wind Effect of Empty Quantum Waves in a Pfleegor-Mandel-Type Experiment for Electrons
- 1. Experiments Showing the Interference of Independent Photon Beams
- 2. Further Development of the Idea of Empty Waves
- 3. The Normal Double-Slit Experiment
- 4. Double-Slit Experiment with Two Incoherent Sources
- 5. Three Calculations of Particle Density Compared
- 6. Numerical Results Obtained with the “Guidance Formula”
- 16 Two-Photon Interference and the Question of Empty Waves
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Detection-Probability Model
- 3. Two-Photon Detection
- 4. Violation of “Strong” Bell-Type Inequalities
- 5. Two-Photon Interference on a Screen
- 6. Two-Photon Interference beyond a Beam Splitter
- 7. The Wang-Zou-Mandel Experiment
- 17 Experiments on the Aharonov—Bohm Effect
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Aharonov—Bohm Effect
- 3. Formation Process of Electron Interference Pattern—Demonstration of Wave—Particle Duality
- 4. Confirmation Experiments on the AB Effect
- 5. Conclusions.