Classical Simulation of Double Slit Interference via Ballistic Diffusion
Quantum Physics
2012-05-22 v1
Abstract
Based on a proposed classical explanation, the quantum mechanical "decay of the wave packet" is shown to simply result from sub-quantum diffusion with a specific diffusivity varying in time due to a particle's changing thermal environment. The exact quantum mechanical intensity distribution, as well as the corresponding trajectory distribution and the velocity field of a Gaussian wave packet are therewith computed. We utilize no quantum mechanics, but only familiar simulation techniques for diffusion, e.g., finite differences or coupled map lattices (CML).
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@article{arxiv.1205.4521,
title = {Classical Simulation of Double Slit Interference via Ballistic Diffusion},
author = {Johannes Mesa Pascasio and Siegfried Fussy and Herbert Schwabl and Gerhard Groessing},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4521},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
4 pages, based on a poster presented at "Emergent Quantum Mechanics (Heinz von Foerster Conference 2011)", see http://www.univie.ac.at/hvf11/congress/EmerQuM.html