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We use a theory termed co-quantum dynamics (CQD) to numerically model spin flip in the multi-stage Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach (SG) experiment conducted by R. Frisch and E. Segr\`e. This experiment consists of two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-28 Zhe He , Kelvin Titimbo , David C. Garrett , S. Suleyman Kahraman , Lihong V. Wang

The possibility of obtaining the initial pure state in a usual Stern-Gerlach experiment through the recombination of the two emerging beams is investigated. We have extended the previous work of Englert, Schwinger and Scully \cite{ISG1}…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thiago R. Oliveira , A. O. Caldeira

In this paper, a quantum Stern-Gerlach thought experiment is introduced where, in addition to the intrinsic angular momentum of an atom, the magnetic field is also treated quantum mechanically. A freely falling spin polarised Bose-Einstein…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-20 Mandip Singh

The motion of a particle with a spin in spherical harmonic oscillator potential with spin-orbit interaction is studied. We have focus our attention on spatial motion of wave packets, giving a description complementary to motion of spin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 P. Rozmej , R. Arvieu

We analyze idealized sequential Stern-Gerlach experiments with higher spin particles. This analysis serves at least two purposes: The widely discussed spin-1/2 case leads to some misunderstandings which hopefully is removed by the higher…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-24 Bayram Tekin

We propose a state estimation scheme for spins, using a modified setup of the Stern-Gerlach experiment, in which a beam of neutral spin-1/2 point particles interacts with a quadrupolar magnetic field. The proposed linear inversion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Javier Martínez-Cifuentes , K. M. Fonseca-Romero

The standard interpretation of the Stern-Gerlach experiment assumes that the atomic center-of-mass plays the role of "quantum apparatus" for the atomic spin. Following a recent, decoherence-based, model fitting with this interpretation, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-26 M. Dugic , M. Arsenijevic , J. Jeknic-Dugic

Following a comprehensive analysis of the historical literature, we model the geometry of the Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach experiment to numerically calculate the magnetic field using the finite-element method. Using this calculated field…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Faraz Mostafaeipour , S. Suleyman Kahraman , Kelvin Titimbo , Yixuan Tan , Lihong V. Wang

The multi-stage Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach experiment conducted by Frisch and Segr\`e includes two cascaded quantum measurements with a nonadiabatic flipper in between. The Frisch and Segr\`e experiment has been modeled analytically by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 S. Süleyman Kahraman , Kelvin Titimbo , Zhe He , Jung-Tsung Shen , Lihong V. Wang

Recently, there has been a proposal to test the quantum nature of gravity in the laboratory by witnessing the growth of entanglement between two masses in spatial quantum superpositions. The required superpositions can be created via…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 Lorenzo Braccini , Martine Schut , Alessio Serafini , Anupam Mazumdar , Sougato Bose

An experimental test of the "special state" theory of quantum measurement is proposed. It should be feasible with present-day laboratory equipment and involves a slightly elaborated Stern-Gerlach setup. The "special state" theory is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-11 L. S. Schulman

We study the experimental signatures of several states of a Bose-Einstein condensate of spin-1 atoms by quantum trajectory simulations of Stern-Gerlach experiments. The measurement process itself creates an apparent random alignment for the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Juha Javanainen

The motion of neutral particles with magnetic moments in an inhomogeneous magnetic field is described in a quantum mechanical framework. The validity of the semi-classical approximations which are generally used to describe these phenomena…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Potel , F. Barranco , S. Cruz-Barrios , J. Gómez-Camacho

We describe an interactive computer program that simulates Stern-Gerlach measurements on spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles. The user can design and run experiments involving successive spin measurements, illustrating incompatible observables,…

Physics Education · Physics 2015-03-02 Daniel V. Schroeder , Thomas A. Moore

The motion of neutral particles with magnetic moments in an inhomogeneous magnetic field is described in a semi-classical framework. The concept of Coherent Internal States is used in the formulation of the semiclassical approximation from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Cruz-Barrios , J. Gomez-Camacho

Many-particle entanglement is a fundamental concept of quantum physics that still presents conceptual challenges. While spin-squeezed and other nonclassical states of atomic ensembles were used to enhance measurement precision in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-09 Matteo Fadel , Tilman Zibold , Boris Décamps , Philipp Treutlein

Stern-Gerlach experiment by free electron is very important experiment because it answered some questions that remain unanswered for almost a century. Bohr and Pauli considered its objective observation as impossible while some other…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Hosein Majlesi

Using squeezed states it is possible to surpass the standard quantum limit of measurement uncertainty by reducing the measurement uncertainty of one property at the expense of another complementary property. Squeezed states were first…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-03-05 C. D. Hamley , C. S. Gerving , T. M. Hoang , E. M. Bookjans , M. S. Chapman

Squeezed states, a special kind of entangled states, are known as a useful resource for quantum metrology. In interferometric sensors they allow to overcome the "classical" projection noise limit stemming from the independent nature of the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-02-14 Christian Gross

This study utilises an experiment famous in quantum physics, the Stern-Gerlach experiment, to inform the structure of an experimental protocol from which a quantum cognitive decision model can be developed. The 'quantumness' of this model…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-08-22 Lauren Fell , Shahram Dehdashti , Peter Bruza , Catarina Moreira