TY - JOUR
T1 - Curious new statistical prediction of quantum mechanics
AU - Albert, David Z.
AU - Aharonov, Yakir
AU - D'Amato, Susan
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Whether quantum mechanical systems, within the interval between two measurements, can be assigned definite, simultaneous values of noncommuting observables has been the subject of a very old dispute. A certain widely held assumption about such systems has been crucial to that dispute. That assumption turns out to be wrong: A previously unknown prediction of quantum mechanics, which fails to satisfy that assumption, is described here, and the consequences of that failure are considered.
AB - Whether quantum mechanical systems, within the interval between two measurements, can be assigned definite, simultaneous values of noncommuting observables has been the subject of a very old dispute. A certain widely held assumption about such systems has been crucial to that dispute. That assumption turns out to be wrong: A previously unknown prediction of quantum mechanics, which fails to satisfy that assumption, is described here, and the consequences of that failure are considered.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.5
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.5
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AN - SCOPUS:0002858966
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 54
SP - 5
EP - 7
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 1
ER -