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The question of how long a particle takes to pass through a potential barrier is still a controversial topic in quantum mechanics. Arguably, the main theoretical problem in obtaining estimates for measurable times is the fact that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-19 Ricardo Ximenes , Fernando Parisio , Eduardo O. Dias

We extend the quantum-mechanical results of Muller & Saunders (2008) establishing the weak discernibility of an arbitrary number of similar fermions in finite-dimensional Hilbert-spaces in two ways: (a) from fermions to bosons for all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. A. Muller , M. P. Seevinck

In the first part of the talk, I give a low-resolution overview of the current state of particle physics - the triumph of the Standard Model and its discontents. I review and re-endorse the remarkably direct and (to me) compelling argument…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-04-20 Frank Wilczek

Marchildon's arguments against my earlier work are refuted.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Partha Ghose

Understanding of the weak force is traced from Fermi's theory of beta decay to the V-A theory of the mid 1950's. The theoretical suggestion and experimental confirmation of parity violation in the weak force is discussed. Topics are…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2009-11-03 A. Lesov

A new approach to the theory of atoms' interaction with chirped Raman pulses is developed. When the pulses have sufficiently close effective wave lengths, which are smaller than the atomic cloud size, equations for the family of the matrix…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 B. Dubetsky

We discuss the preceding Comment and conclude that the arguments given there against the relevance of null weak values as representing the absence of a system property are not compelling. We give an example in which the transition matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Q. Duprey , A. Matzkin

This paper is concerned with the apparent greatest weakness of the Mathematical Theory of Evidence (MTE) of Shafer \cite{Shafer:76}, which has been strongly criticized by Wasserman \cite{Wasserman:92ijar} - the relationship to frequencies.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-06-12 Mieczysław A. Kłopotek , Andrzej Matuszewski

The view exists that the Bell inequality is a mere inconsistent application of classical concepts to a well-established quantum world. In the article, ``Nonlocality claims are inconsistent with Hilbert-space quantum mechanics'' [Phys. Rev.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-22 Justo Pastor Lambare

Interesting objections to conclusions of our experiment with nested interferometers raised by Salih in a recent Commentary are analysed and refuted.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-05 A. Danan , D. Farfurnik , S. Bar-Ad , L. Vaidman

The incompatibility between the treatment of time in the classical and in the quantum theory results in the so-called problem of time in canonical quantum gravity. For this reason, attempts have been made to devise algorithms of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ioannis Kouletsis

In their paper (arXiv:2402.09879), Aredes and Saldanha analyze several paradoxes related to weak values and present a "general argument" that aims to show that "realistic interpretations ...of weak values lead to inconsistencies". Although…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Juan José Seoane , Xabier Oianguren-Asua , Albert Solé , Xavier Oriols

In its original formulation, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle describes a trade-off relation between the error of a quantum measurement and the thereby induced disturbance on the measured object. However, this relation is not valid in…

The proposal that the one-parameter solutions of the real part of the Schrodinger equation (quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation) can be regarded as `quantum particle trajectories' has received considerable attention recently. Opinions as to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Hiley , R. E Callaghan , O. Maroney

Feynman famously said that single-particle interference is ``a phenomenon which is impossible to explain in any classical way, and which has in it the heart of quantum mechanics.'' In this paper we show that some of the phenomenology of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Jonte R. Hance , Jakov Krnic , Jan-Åke Larsson

Quantum information is based on the apparent contradictions between classical logic and quantum coherence described by Kochen-Specker contextuality. Surprisingly, this contradiction can be demonstrated in a comparatively simple three-path…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Holger F. Hofmann

In a recent interesting article A. Heuer, G. Pieplow, and R. Menzel discuss a quantum-eraser experiment to investigate the complementarity of wave-like and particle-like behavior of photons. I would like to draw your attention to the fact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-26 Luiz Carlos Ryff

We address the question whether quantum probes in a gravitational field can be considered as test particles obeying the weak equivalence principle (WEP). A formulation of the WEP is proposed which applies also in the quantum regime, while…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-18 Luigi Seveso , Matteo G. A. Paris

The teaching of modern physics often uses the history of physics as a didactic tool. However, as in this process the history of physics is not something studied but used, there is a danger that the history itself will be distorted in, as…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2020-03-02 Olga Chashchina , Natalya Dudisheva , Zurab Silagadze