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Discrete-event simulation unmasks the quantum Cheshire Cat

Quantum Physics 2017-07-14 v1 Computational Physics

Abstract

It is shown that discrete-event simulation accurately reproduces the experimental data of a single-neutron interferometry experiment [T. Denkmayr {\sl et al.}, Nat. Commun. 5, 4492 (2014)] and provides a logically consistent, paradox-free, cause-and-effect explanation of the quantum Cheshire cat effect without invoking the notion that the neutron and its magnetic moment separate. Describing the experimental neutron data using weak-measurement theory is shown to be useless for unravelling the quantum Cheshire cat effect.

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@article{arxiv.1707.04230,
  title  = {Discrete-event simulation unmasks the quantum Cheshire Cat},
  author = {Kristel Michielsen and Thomas Lippert and Hans De Raedt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.04230},
  year   = {2017}
}
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