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View SchemaUniversal Signature of Non-Quantum Systems
| Authors | Antony Valentini |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0309107 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309107 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.10.002 |
| Journal | Phys. Lett. A 332 (2004) 187--193 |
Abstract
It is shown that 'non-quantum systems', with anomalous statistical properties, would carry a distinctive experimental signature. Such systems can exist in deterministic hidden-variables theories (such as the pilot-wave theory of de Broglie and Bohm). The signature consists of non-additive expectations for non-commuting observables, breaking the sinusoidal modulation of quantum probabilities for two-state systems. This effect is independent of the quantum state (pure or mixed), or of the details of the hidden-variables model. Experiments are proposed, testing polarisation probabilities for single photons.
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