A no-go result on observing quantum superpositions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03336v3
• Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 18:14:08 GMT
• Title: A no-go result on observing quantum superpositions
• Authors: Guang Ping He
• Abstract summary: We give a general proof showing that once irreversible processes are involved, a class of projective measurements is impossible. Applying this no-go result to the Schroedinger's cat paradox implies that if something is claimed to be a real Schroedinger's cat, there will be no measurable difference between it and a trivial classical mixture of ordinary cats.
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• Abstract: We give a general proof showing that once irreversible processes are involved, a class of projective measurements is impossible. Applying this no-go result to the Schroedinger's cat paradox implies that if something is claimed to be a real Schroedinger's cat, there will be no measurable difference between it and a trivial classical mixture of ordinary cats in any physically implementable process, otherwise raising the dead will become reality. Other similar macroscopic quantum superpositions cannot be observed either due to the lack of non-commuting measurement bases. Our proof does not involve any quantum interpretation theory and hypothesis.

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