A Computational Model for Observation in Quantum Mechanics.

Abstract

A computational model of observation in quantum mechanics is presented. The model provides a clean and simple computational paradigm which can be used to illustrate and possibly explain some of the unintuitive and unexpected behavior of some quantum mechanical systems. As examples, the model is used to simulate three seminal quantum mechanical experiments. The results obtained agree with the predictions of quantum mechanics (and physical measurements), yet the model is perfectly deterministic and maintains a notion of locality. Keywords: Quantum mechanics; Computational models; Scheme; Search.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1987
Accession Number
ADA181768

Entities

People

  • Guillermo J. Rozas

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Properties
  • Reasoning
  • Side Effects
  • Statistics
  • Vector Spaces

Readers

  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing