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View SchemaInterference, reduced action, and trajectories
| Authors | Edward R. Floyd |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0605120 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0605120 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10701-007-9154-4 |
| Journal | Found.Phys.37:1386-1402,2007 |
Abstract
Instead of investigating the interference between two stationary, rectilinear wave functions in a trajectory representation by examining the two rectilinear wave functions individually, we examine a dichromatic wave function that is synthesized from the two interfering wave functions. The physics of interference is contained in the reduced action for the dichromatic wave function. As this reduced action is a generator of the motion for the dichromatic wave function, it determines the dichromatic wave function's trajectory. The quantum effective mass renders insight into the behavior of the trajectory. The trajectory in turn renders insight into quantum nonlocality.
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