Quantum Histories and Quantum Complementarity
Author(s) -
Данко Георгиев
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
isrn mathematical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-4665
pISSN - 2090-4657
DOI - 10.5402/2012/327278
Subject(s) - complementarity (molecular biology) , unruh effect , quantum , theoretical physics , physics , quantum mechanics , genetics , biology
We discuss the origin of quantum complementarity using Feynman's sum-over-histories approach to Quantum Mechanics (QM). We analyze two experimental setups introduced by W. G. Unruh and S. Afshar and show how one should consistently calculate the existence of which-way information using interfering quantum histories. Then we discuss the possible problems associated with the notion of which way information and provide an explanation why Englert-Greenberger duality relation cannot be violated experimentally if the standard QM postulates are accepted.
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