Angular Momentum Flow Without Anything Carrying It

Authors

Yakir Aharonov, Chapman UniversityFollow
Daniel Collins, University of Bristol
Sandu Popescu, University of Bristol

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

9-5-2024

Abstract

Transfer of conserved quantities between two remote regions is generally assumed to be a rather trivial process: a flux of particles carrying the conserved quantities propagates from one region to another. However, we demonstrate a flow of angular momentum from one region to another across a region of space in which there is a vanishingly small probability of any particles (or fields) being present. This shows that the usual view of how conservation laws work needs to be revisited.

Comments

This letter was originally published in Physical Review A, volume 110, in 2024. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.110.L030201

Recommended Citation

Y. Aharonov, D. Collins, and S. Popescu, Angular momentum flow without anything carrying it, Phys. Rev. A 110, L030201 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.110.L030201

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