Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 857–860 (1985)Quantum mechanics versus macroscopic realism: Is the flux there when nobody looks?Received 9 November 1984; published in the issue dated 4 March 1985 It is shown that, in the contect of an idealized ‘‘macroscopic quantum coherence’’ experiment, the prediction of quantum mechanics are incompattible with the conjunction of two general assimptions which are designated ‘‘macroscopic realism’’ and ‘‘noninvasive measurability at the macroscopiclevel.’’ The conditions under which quantum mechanics can be tested against these assumptions in a realistic experiment are discussed. © 1985 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.857
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.857
PACS:
03.65.Bz, 05.30.-d, 74.50.+r, 85.25.+k
See AlsoComment: Robert H. Kraichnan, Quantum Measurement Problem and Quantum Fluids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 2723 (1985). Comment: A. J. Leggett and Anupam Garg, Comment on ‘‘Realism and quantum flux tunneling’’, Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1621 (1987). Reply: A. J. Leggett and Anupam Garg, Leggett and Garg Respond, Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 2724 (1985). |
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