Multi-stage Stern-Gerlach experiment modeled (with additional appendices)
Abstract
In the classic multi-stage SternGerlach experiment conducted by Frisch and Segr\`e, the Majorana (LandauZener) and Rabi formulae diverge afar from the experimental observation while the physical mechanism for electron-spin collapse remains unidentified. Here, introducing the physical co-quantum concept provides a plausible physical mechanism and predicts the experimental observation in absolute units without fitting (i.e., no parameters adjusted) with a p-value less than one per million, which is the probability that the co-quantum theory happens to match the experimental observation purely by chance. Further, the co-quantum concept is corroborated by statistically reproducing exactly the wave function, density operator, and uncertainty relation for electron spin in SternGerlach experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.06471,
title = {Multi-stage Stern-Gerlach experiment modeled (with additional appendices)},
author = {Lihong V. Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.06471},
year = {2026}
}