One Hundred Years Later: Stern-Gerlach Experiment and Dimension Witnesses

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04377v2
• Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 14:53:51 GMT
• Title: One Hundred Years Later: Stern-Gerlach Experiment and Dimension Witnesses
• Authors: R. Grossi, Lucas L. Brugger, B. F. Rizzuti, C. Duarte
• Abstract summary: This paper is inspired by the one-hundredth anniversary of the seminal works of Stern and Gerlach. Our main idea is to re-cast the experiment in the modern language of prepare-and-measure scenarios.
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• Abstract: Inspired by the one-hundredth anniversary of the seminal works of Stern and Gerlach, our contribution is a proposal of how to use their famous experiment in a more contemporary perspective. Our main idea is to re-cast the experiment in the modern language of prepare-and-measure scenarios. By doing so, it is possible to connect geometric and algebraic aspects of the space of states with the physical space. We also discuss possible simulations of the SG experiment as well as some experimental properties of the experiment revealed at the statistical level. Merging a more modern perspective with a paradigmatic experiment, we hope this paper can serve as an entry door for quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

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