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A trapped 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate is initially put into a superposition of two internal states. Under the effect of gravity and by means of a second transition, we prepare two vertically displaced condensates in the same internal…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-02-27 C. Fort , P. Maddaloni , F. Minardi , M. Modugno , M. Inguscio

A simple real-space model for the free-electron wavefunction with spin is proposed, based on coherent vortices on the scale of h/mc, rotating at mc^2/h. This reproduces the proper values for electron spin and magnetic moment. Transformation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan M. Kadin

Physical systems, characterized by an ensemble of interacting elementary constituents, can be represented and studied by different algebras of observables or operators. For example, a fully polarized electronic system can be investigated by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Somma , G. Ortiz , J. E. Gubernatis , E. Knill , R. Laflamme

The probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics has been a point of discussion since the earliest days of the theory. The development of quantum technologies transfer these discussions from philosophical interest to practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-18 Dale R Hodgson , Vladimir V Kisil

The hydrodynamic interactions of a suspension of self-propelled particles are studied using a direct numerical simulation method which simultaneously solves for the host fluid and the swimming particles. A modified version of the "Smoothed…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-01-15 John J. Molina , Yasuya Nakayama , Ryoichi Yamamoto

Suspensions with fiber-like particles in the low Reynolds number regime are modeled by two different approaches that both use a Lagrangian representation of individual particles. The first method is the well-established formulation based on…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2015-03-25 Dominik Bartuschat , Ellen Fischermeier , Katarina Gustavsson , Ulrich Rüde

The statistical evolution of ensembles of random, weakly-interacting waves is governed by wave kinetic equations. To simplify the analysis, one frequently works with reduced differential models of the wave kinetics. However, the conditions…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-02 Jonathan Skipp , Jason Laurie , Sergey Nazarenko

As per Einstein's design, particles are introduced into the double-slit experiment through a small hole in a plate which can either move up and down (and its momentum can be measured) or be stopped (and its position can be measured).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-22 Arkady Bolotin

We describe a study focusing on students' and faculty members' reasoning about problems of differing cognitive complexity related to the double-slit experiment (DSE) with single particles. In the first phase of the study, students in…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-04-25 Alexandru Maries , Ryan Sayer , Chandralekha Singh

Bohmian mechanics, a hydrodynamic formulation of the quantum theory, constitutes a useful tool to understand the role of the phase as the mechanism responsible for the dynamical evolution displayed by quantum systems. This role is analyzed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 A. S. Sanz

Young's classic double-slit experiment demonstrates the reality of interference when waves and particles travel simultaneously along two different spatial paths. Here, we propose a double-slit experiment in momentum space, realized in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-18 I. P. Ivanov , D. Seipt , A. Surzhykov , S. Fritzsche

In this paper, we apply the full new method of quantum theory to study the double-slit diffraction of ${C_{60}}$ molecules. We calculate the double-slit wave functions of ${C_{60}}$ molecules by Schr\"{o}dinger equation, and calculate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-14 Xiang-Yao Wu , Ji Ma , Bo-Jun Zhang , Hong Li , Xiao-Jing Liu , Nuo Ba , Si-Qi Zhang , Jing Wang , He Dong , Xin-Guo Yin

We investigate the simulation of fermionic systems on a quantum computer. We show in detail how quantum computers avoid the dynamical sign problem present in classical simulations of these systems, therefore reducing a problem believed to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-02-05 G. Ortiz , J. E. Gubernatis , E. Knill , R. Laflamme

In a new approach to explain double-slit interference "from the single particle perspective" via "systemic nonlocality", we answer the question of how a particle going through one slit can "know" about the state of the other slit. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Gerhard Groessing , Siegfried Fussy , Johannes Mesa Pascasio , Herbert Schwabl

A simple real-space model for the electron wavefunction is suggested, based on a transverse wave with helicity, rotating at mc^2/h. The mapping of the real two-dimensional vector phasor to the complex plane permits this to satisfy the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan M. Kadin

All the concepts and principles necessary to understand quantum mechanics on an initial level are given in a form suitable for the non-expert. The concepts explained include visualizing the wave function, wave-particle duality, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-19 Casey Blood

We show that the time evolution of the wave function of a quantum mechanical many particle system can be implemented very efficiently on a quantum computer. The computational cost of such a simulation is comparable to the cost of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Christof Zalka

It is shown that von Neumann-Landau equation for wave functions can present a mathematical formalism of motion of quantum mechanics. The wave functions of von Neumann-Landau equation for a single particle are `bipartite', in which the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-09-29 Zeqian Chen

In the history of quantum mechanics, much has been written about the double-slit experiment, and much debate as to its interpretation has ensued. Indeed, to explain the interference patterns for sub-atomic particles, explanations have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul O'Hara

This paper elucidates the dual structure of the Schr\"{o}dinger dynamics in two correlated stages: (1) We first derive the real-valued Schr\"{o}dinger equation from scratch without referring to classical mechanics, wave mechanics, nor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-08 Kazuo Takatsuka