2008/12/09 by M. Dugić, Dugic, M., M. Arsenijević +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0812.1677
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The widely accepted interpretation of the Stern-Gerlach experiment assumes the objective atomic trajectories (the "classical trajectories") in front of the screen. Following this interpretation, we perform an \it ab initio analysis of the experiment and conclude that the objective trajectories do not physically exist. The alternative to our conclusion is substantially to change the model of the experiment.