Probing Local Branching Dynamics with Stern-Gerlach Interferometers and Dual Sensing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16019v1
• Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:49:43 GMT
• Title: Probing Local Branching Dynamics with Stern-Gerlach Interferometers and Dual Sensing
• Abstract summary: We propose a new experimental program to empirically distinguish the Branched Hilbert Subspace Interpretation (BHSI) from the Copenhagen Interpretation (CI) and Many-Worlds Interpretations (MWI)<n>Our approach uses Stern-Gerlach interferometers equipped with a novel dual sensing technique, combining non-destructive transparent sensors (TSs) and projective opaque detectors (ODs)<n>The proposed experiments are feasible with current trapped-ion and quantum sensing technologies.
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• Abstract: We propose a new experimental program to empirically distinguish the Branched Hilbert Subspace Interpretation (BHSI) from the Copenhagen Interpretation (CI) and Many-Worlds Interpretations (MWI) by examining the dynamics of local quantum branching. Our approach uses Stern-Gerlach interferometers (SGIs) equipped with a novel dual sensing technique, combining non-destructive transparent sensors (TSs) and projective opaque detectors (ODs), to test foundational principles in a closed system. The first stage employs a single SGI with dual sensors to search for anomalous "delayed-choice" events that challenge the instantaneous collapse of CI and the global branching of MWI. The second stage involves a full-loop SGI with two TSs and one OD to investigate recoherence phenomena, which would violate both CI and MWI if observed. Finally, the third stage introduces a second full-loop SGI with a test ion to generate an electromagnetic phase shift, enabling discrimination between retrocausal and unitary recoherence mechanisms. Successfully observing these rare anomalies, while without breaking any conservation laws, would offer strong evidence for the local branching framework of BHSI, showing a fuzzy quantum-classical boundary within dual sensing. The proposed experiments are feasible with current trapped-ion and quantum sensing technologies, offering a promising path forward in the ongoing debate over quantum interpretations.

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