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Individual quantum objects display inseparable coexisting wave-like properties and particle-like properties; such inseparable coexistence can seem paradoxical and mind-boggling. The apparent paradox is resolved by the unified theory of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-09-04 Greyson Gilson

Quantum simulation is known to be capable of simulating certain dynamical systems in continuous time -- Schrodinger's equations being the most direct and well-known -- more efficiently than classical simulation. Any linear dynamical system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Shi Jin , Nana Liu

We describe a simple experimental apparatus which allows one to observe the wave properties of light in a new way. This apparatus also makes possible to introduce and illustrate, in a very suggestive way, some fundamental principles of…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-03-28 Fabrizio Logiurato , Beniamino Danese , Luigi Gratton , Stefano Oss

An differential equation for wave functions is proposed, which is equivalent to Schr\"{o}dinger's wave equation and can be used to determine energy-level gaps of quantum systems. Contrary to Schr\"{o}dinger's wave equation, this equation is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zeqian Chen

Based on the double-slit experiment of electrons, we suggest a proposal of thought experiment to distinguish between the Bohmian Interpretation (BI) and the Standard Quantum Mechanics (SQM). We mainly focus on the discussion of the meaning…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-08-04 Ke-Xia Jiang , San-Min Ke

We show that the two slit experiment in which a single quantum particle interferes with itself can be interpreted as a quantum fingerprinting protocol: the interference pattern exhibited by the particle contains information about the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Serge Massar

It is shown that `bipartite' wave functions can present a mathematical formalism of quantum theory for a single particle, in which the associated Schr\"{o}dinger's wave functions correspond to those `bipartite' wave functions of product…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zeqian Chen

A macroscopic hydrodynamic system that couples a particle and a wave has recently renewed interest in the question as to what extent a classical system may reproduce quantum phenomena. Here we investigate single-particle diffraction with a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-31 Giuseppe Pucci , Antoine Bellaigue , Alessia Cirimele , Giuseppe Ali , Anand U. Oza

Systems of interacting quantum spins show a rich spectrum of quantum phases and display interesting many-body dynamics. Computing characteristics of even small systems on conventional computers poses significant challenges. A quantum…

The double-slit experiment is one of the quintessential quantum experiments. However, it tends to be overlooked that a theoretical account of this experiment requires the specification of the joint position and time distribution of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Siddhant Das , Dirk-André Deckert , Leopold Kellers , Simon Krekels , Ward Struyve

It is shown that the wave function describes the state of the statistical ensemble E[S] of individual particles, or the statistical average particle <S>. This result follows from the fact that in the classical limit h=0 the Schroedinger…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuri A. Rylov

It is commonly assumed that the observation of an interference pattern is incompatible with any information about the path taken by a quantum particle. Here we show that, contrary to this assumption, the experimentally observable effects of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-04 Holger F. Hofmann , Tomonori Matsushita , Shunichi Kuroki , Masataka Iinuma

We explore the hydrodynamic analogues of quantum wave-particle duality in the context of a bouncing droplet system which we model in such a way as to promote comparisons to the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics. Through…

Symmetry plays a central role in many areas of modern physics. Here we show that it also underpins the dual particle and wave nature of quantum systems. We begin by noting that a classical point particle breaks translational symmetry…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-21 Joan A. Vaccaro

In the last years, several quantum algorithms that try to address the problem of partial differential equation solving have been devised. On one side, "direct" quantum algorithms that aim at encoding the solution of the PDE by executing one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-15 Adrien Suau , Gabriel Staffelbach , Henri Calandra

Two well-known conceptual conundrums of quantum mechanics referred to as instantaneous action-at-a-distance and inseparable wave-particle character are tackled using the principle of least action. Since any measurement is an action, it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-03 Arto Annila , Tarja Kallio-Tamminen

A new wave-particle non-dualistic interpretation for the quantum formalism is presented by proving that the Schr\"odinger wave function is an `{\it instantaneous resonant spatial mode}' in which the quantum particle moves. The probabilities…

General Physics · Physics 2019-02-06 N Gurappa

The de Broglie - Bohm "pilot-wave" theory replaces the paradoxical wave-particle duality of ordinary quantum theory with a more mundane and literal kind of duality: each individual photon or electron comprises a quantum wave (evolving in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Travis Norsen

The possibility of consistency between the basic quantum principles and reduction (wave function reduction) is reexamined. The mathematical description of an organized macroscopic device is constructed explicitly as a convenient tool for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-17 Roland Omnès

We consider a classical analogue of the well known quantum two-slit experiment. Charged particles are scattered on flat screen with two slits and hit the second screen. We show that the probability distribution on the second screen when…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Yu. Khrennikov , Ya. I. Volovich