Discrete-event simulation of uncertainty in single-neutron experiments

Frontiers in Physics

Kristel eMichielsen¹  Hans eDe Raedt² 

[1] Forschungszentrum Juelich;University of Groningen;

关键词: quantum mechanics;    discrete event simulation;    Neutron Experiments;    Uncertainty Relations;    Foundations of Quantum Mechanics.;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fphy.2014.00014

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A discrete-event simulation approach which provides a cause-and-effect description of many
experiments with photons and neutrons exhibiting interference and entanglement is applied to a recent
single-neutron experiment that tests (generalizations of) Heisenberg's uncertainty relation.
The event-based simulation algorithm reproduces the results of the
quantum theoretical description of the experiment
but does not require the knowledge of the solution of a wave equation nor does it
rely on concepts of quantum theory.
In particular, the data satisfies uncertainty relations derived in the context of quantum theory.

【 授权许可】

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