Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1493–1495 (1987)Realism and quantum flux tunnelingReceived 27 January 1987; published in the issue dated 5 October 1987 Leggett and Garg have argued that the phenomenon of quantum flux tunneling oscillations will, according to the predictions of quantum mechanics, contradict the pair of assumptions ‘‘macroscopic realism’’ and ‘‘noninvasive measurability.’’ It is argued here that there can be no contradiction of realism in such a case, and that the contradiction is between quantum mechanics and noninvasive measurability. © 1987 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1493
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1493
PACS:
03.65.Bz, 74.50.+r
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