A Non-Relativistic Argument against Continuous Trajectories of Particles
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چکیده
A thought-experiment is described and the probability of a particular type results predicted according to quantum formalism. Then, assumption made that there exists particle travels from source one detectors, along continuous trajectory. contradiction appears: for agreeing with prediction, has land at once on two space-separated detectors. Therefore, trajectory particle—if it exists—cannot be continuous.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Quantum Information Science
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2162-5751', '2162-576X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/jqis.2022.122004