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dc.contributor.author | Sinha, Urbasi | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-19T10:33:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-19T10:33:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011-09 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | AIP Conference Proceedings, 2011, Vol.1384, p254-260 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0094-243X | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1551-7616 (online) | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4749 | - |
dc.description | Restricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations) | en |
dc.description.abstract | This paper is based on work published in [1]. It describes a triple slit experiment using single photons that has been used to provide a bound on one of the most fundamental axioms of quantum mechanics i.e. Born's rule for probabilities [2]. In spite of being one of the most successful theories which describes various natural phenomena, quantum mechanics has enough intricacies and ``weirdness'' associated with it which makes many physicists believe that it may not be the final theory and hints towards the possibility of more generalized versions. Quantum interference as shown by a double slit diffraction experiment only occurs from pairs of paths. Even in multi-slit versions, interference can only occur between pairs of possibilities and increasing the number of slits does not increase the complexity of the theory that still remains second-order. However, more generalized versions of quantum mechanics may allow for multi-path i.e. higher than second order interference. This experiment also provides a bound on the magnitude of such higher order interference. We have been able to bound the magnitude of three-path interference to less than 10-2 of the expected two-path interference, thus ruling out third and higher order interference and providing a bound on the accuracy of Born's rule. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | American Institute of Physics | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://arxiv.org/abs/ | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3635870 | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AIPC.1384..254S | en |
dc.rights | 2011 American Institute of Physics | en |
dc.title | Born Rule(s) | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
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