Dynamics of two quantum entangled particles interacting with a potential barrier in an EPR experiment

• Authors: Vittoria Petrillo , Giorgia Alberti , Luca Celardo , Francesco Cerutti , Silvano Franchi , Vittorio Mariani
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The effect of a position measurement on one component of a two-particle wave packet in a regularized space-momentum entangled state is analyzed. The wave packet interacts in the physical space with a potential barrier. When a position or momentum measurement is performed on one particle, a consequent strong modification of the dynamics of the other particle occurs.

Keywords

EN

EPR paradox; entanglement; quantum correlations; position and momentum measurements; potential barrier; 03.65.-w; 03.65.Ud; 03.67.Mn

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 196-209

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2006

online

1 - 6 - 2006

Contributors

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Vittoria Petrillo

• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit‘a degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Giorgia Alberti

• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit‘a degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Luca Celardo

• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit‘a degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Francesco Cerutti

• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit‘a degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Silvano Franchi

• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit‘a degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Vittorio Mariani

• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit‘a degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-006-0005-2