Nonexistence of the Classical Trajectories in the Stern-Gerlach Experiment

• Authors: M. Arsenijević , M. Dugić
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Stern-Gerlach experiment is a paradigm of the quantum measurement of spin. Its physical interpretation is in intimate relation with the physical basis of the current research in the atomic (molecular) nanofabrication procedures. Nevertheless, interpretation of the experiment is an open issue yet. Here, we give the arguments for the physical nonexistence of the so-called classical trajectories of the atoms (molecules) in front of the screen. Some nanotech-related consequences are distinguished.

Keywords

EN

03.65.Ta; 03.65.Yz; 81.16.Ta

Discipline

• 03.65.Yz: Decoherence; open systems; quantum statistical methods(see also 03.67.Pp in quantum information; for decoherence in Bose-Einstein condensates, see 03.75.Gg)
• 03.65.Ta: Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory(for optical tests of quantum theory, see 42.50.Xa)
• 81.16.Ta: Atom manipulation(see also 82.37.Gk STM and AFM manipulation of a single-molecule; for atom and molecule traps, see 37.10.Gh, and 37.10.Pq, respectively; 87.80.Nj Single-molecule techniques in biological physics; 82.37.Rs Single-molecule manipulation of proteins and other biological molecules in physical chemistry)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 117
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 760-763

Dates

published

2010-05

Contributors

author

M. Arsenijević

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

author

M. Dugić

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.117.760