Abstract
We present a paradox involving a particle and a mirror. They exchange a nonlocal quantity, modular angular momentum Lz mod 2ħ, but there seems to be no local interaction between them that allows such an exchange. We demonstrate that the particle and mirror do interact locally via a weak local current Lz mod 2ħw. In this sense, we transform the “interaction-free measurement" of Elitzur and Vaidman, in which two local quantities (the positions of a photon and a bomb in the two arms of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer) interact nonlocally, into a thought experiment in which two nonlocal quantities (the weak modular angular momentum of the particle and of the mirror) interact locally.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 02105 |
Journal | EPJ Web of Conferences |
Volume | 182 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 3 Aug 2018 |
Event | 6th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, ICNFP 2017 - Crete, Greece Duration: 17 Aug 2017 → 29 Aug 2017 |
Funding
Funders | Funder number |
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John Templeton Foundation | 43297 |
Israel Science Foundation | 1190/13 |