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1856204 1529894 2012 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
An explanation of interference effects in the double slit experiment: Classical trajectories plus ballistic diffusion caused by zero-point fluctuations
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم فیزیک و نجوم (عمومی)
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An explanation of interference effects in the double slit experiment: Classical trajectories plus ballistic diffusion caused by zero-point fluctuations
چکیده انگلیسی

A classical explanation of interference effects in the double slit experiment is proposed. We claim that for every single “particle” a thermal context can be defined, which reflects its embedding within boundary conditions as given by the totality of arrangements in an experimental apparatus. To account for this context, we introduce a “path excitation field”, which derives from the thermodynamics of the zero-point vacuum and which represents all possible paths a “particle” can take via thermal path fluctuations. The intensity distribution on a screen behind a double slit is calculated, as well as the corresponding trajectories and the probability density current. The trajectories are shown to obey a “no crossing” rule with respect to the central line, i.e., between the two slits and orthogonal to their connecting line. This agrees with the Bohmian interpretation, but appears here without the necessity of invoking the quantum potential.


► We model quantum mechanical interference with classical means.
► The intensity distribution on a screen behind a double slit is calculated.
► Also, the corresponding trajectories and the probability density current are obtained.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Annals of Physics - Volume 327, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 421–437
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