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View SchemaRealistic interpretation of a superposition state does not imply a mixture
| Authors | Boon Leong Lan |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0310004 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0310004 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10773-008-9706-1 |
| Journal | Int. J. Theoretical Physics 47, 2686-2689 (2008) |
Abstract
Contrary to previous claims, it is shown that, for an ensemble of either single-particle systems or multi-particle systems, the realistic interpretation of a superposition state that mathematically describes the ensemble does not imply that the ensemble is a mixture. Therefore it cannot be argued that the realistic interpretation is wrong on the basis that some predictions derived from the mixture are different from the corresponding predictions derived from the superposition state.
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