Abstract
The effect of the agreement between macroscopic and microscopic observations on the quantum probability law was demonstrated. The sample was a collection of magnetic moments all pointing in the same direction. Macroscopic measurement induced a vanishing small disturbance on each individual spin. Microscopic measurements disturbed the spins and randomized the state of the sample according to the quantum probability law. Results indicated that for a large but finite sample the probability law follows, under an assumption on the stability of physical laws against small perturbations.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 052116 |
Pages (from-to) | 521161-521164 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 5 A |
State | Published - May 2002 |