QUANTUM MEASUREMENT THEORY AND THE STERN-GERLACH EXPERIMENT

Authors
HANNOUT M HOYT S KRYOWONOS A WIDOM A
Citation
M. Hannout et al., QUANTUM MEASUREMENT THEORY AND THE STERN-GERLACH EXPERIMENT, American journal of physics, 66(5), 1998, pp. 377-379
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
66
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
377 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1998)66:5<377:QMTATS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The Stern-Gerlach experiment was one of the early illustrative example s of the Bohr view of quantum mechanics. In the Bohr view, a measureme nt is an interaction between a quantum object and an apparatus which a cts in a classical fashion. There are still open problems with this co ncept, many of which enter into the discussion of the original Stern-G erlach measurement. (C) 1998 American Association of Physics Teachers.