Explaining the Double-Slit Experiment

• 作者: Moshe Wallace Callen Shaul Sorek
• 来源期刊: 现代物理(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Hamilton’s PRINCIPLE SINGLE PARTICLE DEGREES of FREEDOM
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（1）
• 页码范围: 30-35
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: O1

摘要

In response to Orion and Laitman’s [1] explanation of the classic double-slit experiment of quantum mechanics, we propose an alternate explanation of that experiment by treating physical degrees of freedom as a conserved physical quantity, instead of referring to “vague terms” used in previous explanations, [1], that are not broadly applicable. Explanation in [1] refers to properties of groups of particles, even though the double-slit experiment’s results should address only to a single particle. By using physical degrees of freedom and the application of Hamilton’s principle, we obtain a single particle explanation of the double-slit experiment in terms of properties and via methods which apply equally in a quantum and a classical regime.