Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

We address the problem of interference using the Heisenberg picture and highlight some new aspects through the use of pre-selection, post-selection, weak measurements and modular variables. We present a physical explanation for the different behaviors of a single particle when the distant slit is open or closed; instead of having a quantum wave that passes through all slits, we have a localized particle with non-local interactions with the other slit(s). We introduce a Gedanken experiment to measure this non-local exchange. While the Heisenberg and Schrodinger pictures are equivalent formulations of quantum mechanics, nevertheless, the results discussed here support a new approach to quantum mechanics which has lead to new insights, new intuitions, new experiments and even the possibility of new devices that were missing from the old perspective.

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This article was originally published in New Journal of Physics, volume 12, issue 1, in 2011. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/1/013023

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Copyright

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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