论文信息 - On the existence of empty waves in quantum theory

On the existence of empty waves in quantum theory

Abstract By extending a Gedankenexperiment due to Elitzur and Vaidman and making some very natural assumptions, we demonstrate that empty waves can manifest their reality in quantum theory by changing the properties of a quantum system placed in the path of the empty wave. The natural assumptions are true in the de Broglie-Bohm model.

Lucien Hardy | L. Hardy

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