A Non Relativistic Argument Against Continuous Trajectories of Particles
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.02184v1
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 17:42:09 GMT
- Title: A Non Relativistic Argument Against Continuous Trajectories of Particles
- Authors: Sofia Wechsler
- Abstract summary: A thought experiment is described and the probability of a particular type of results is predicted according to the quantum formalism.
The assumption is made that there exists a particle that travels from the source to one of the detectors, along a continuous trajectory.
A contradiction appears: for agreeing with the quantum prediction, the particle has to land at once on two space separated detectors.
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- Abstract: A thought experiment is described and the probability of a particular type of
results is predicted according to the quantum formalism. Then, the assumption
is made that there exists a particle that travels from the source to one of the
detectors, along a continuous trajectory. A contradiction appears: for agreeing
with the quantum prediction, the particle has to land at once on two space
separated detectors. Therefore, the trajectory of the particle, if it exists,
cannot be continuous.
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