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DOI | 10.1016/j.aop.2005.04.003 |
Title | Matched detectors as definers of force |
Creator/Author | Madjid, F. Hadi [Consultant, 82 Powers Road, Concord, MA 01742 (United States)] ; Myers, John M. [Gordon McKay Laboratory, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)]. E-mail: myers@deas.harvard.edu |
Publication Date | 2005 Oct 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 20690190 |
Other Number(s) | Journal ID: ISSN 0003-4916; APNYA6; TRN: US05R4208006994 |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Journal: Annals of Physics (New York); Journal Volume: 319; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2005.04.003; PII: S0003-4916(05)00055-2; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
Subject | 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ENERGY LEVELS; INTERFERENCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SIMULATION; VISIBLE RADIATION |
Description/Abstract | Although quantum states nicely express interference effects, outcomes of experimental trials show no states directly; they indicate properties of probability distributions for outcomes. We prove categorically that probability distributions leave open a choice of quantum states and operators and particles, resolvable only by a move beyond logic, which, inspired or not, can be characterized as a guess. By recognizing guesswork as inescapable in choosing quantum states and particles, we free up the use of particles as theoretical inventions by which to describe experiments with devices, and thereby replace the postulate of state reductions by a theorem. By using the freedom to invent probe particles in modeling light detection, we develop a quantum model of the balancing of a light-induced force, with application to models and detecting devices by which to better distinguish one source of weak light from another. Finally, we uncover a symmetry between entangled states and entangled detectors, a dramatic example of how the judgment about what light state is generated by a source depends on choosing how to model the detector of that light. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Size: page(s) 251-273 |
System Entry Date | 2006 Mar 13 |
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