A Non Relativistic Argument Against Continuous Trajectories of Particles
General Physics
2022-07-21 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
A thought experiment is described and the probability of a particular type of results is predicted according to the quantum formalism. Then, the assumption is made that there exists a particle that travels from the source to one of the detectors, along a continuous trajectory. A contradiction appears: for agreeing with the quantum prediction, the particle has to land at once on two space separated detectors. Therefore, the trajectory of the particle, if it exists, cannot be continuous.
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@article{arxiv.2204.02184,
title = {A Non Relativistic Argument Against Continuous Trajectories of Particles},
author = {Sofia Wechsler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.02184},
year = {2022}
}
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Accepted for publication by the Journal of Quantum Information Science, June 2022, Vol.12. no 2