Quaternionic quantum interferometry
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
If scattering amplitudes are ordinary complex numbers (not quaternions) there is a universal algebraic relationship between the six coherent cross sections of any three scatterers (taken singly and pairwise). A violation of this relationship would indicate either that scattering amplitudes are quaternions, or that the superposition principle fails. Some possible experimental tests involve neutron interferometry, K_S-meson regeneration, and low energy proton-proton scattering.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9605024,
title = {Quaternionic quantum interferometry},
author = {Asher Peres},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9605024},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages LaTeX, to appear in "Quantum Interferometry" VCH Publishers (1996), edited by F. De Martini