Universal Signature of Non-Quantum Systems
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
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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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0309107,
title = {Universal Signature of Non-Quantum Systems},
author = {Antony Valentini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0309107},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, Latex, no figures