论文标题
对中子的船尾实验的经典,量子和事件模拟
Classical, quantum and event-by-event simulation of a Stern-Gerlach experiment with neutrons
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论文摘要
我们介绍了用冷中子的牛顿式实验的牛顿和量子模型进行的全面模拟研究。通过解决牛顿运动方程和时间依赖性的Pauli方程,对于广泛的磁场强度,我们审查了后者的作用,以绘制中值的磁矩量化。然后,我们证明了对牛顿模型的边际修改足以构建量子理论的任何概念,即基于事件的基准模型,它消除了经典模型的缺点并产生与实验和量子理论的定性一致性的结果。在此事件模型中,固有的角动量可以在球体上具有任何值,但是对于足够强的均匀磁场,粒子束分为两分,就像在实验中,并与量子理论一致。
We present a comprehensive simulation study of the Newtonian and quantum model of a Stern-Gerlach experiment with cold neutrons.By solving Newton's equation of motion and the time-dependent Pauli equation, for a wide range of uniform magnetic field strengths, we scrutinize the role of the latter for drawing the conclusion that the magnetic moment of the neutron is quantized. We then demonstrate that a marginal modification of the Newtonian model suffices to construct, without invoking any concept of quantum theory, an event-based subquantum model that eliminates the shortcomings of the classical model and yields results that are in qualitative agreement with experiment and quantum theory. In this event-by-event model, the intrinsic angular momentum can take any value on the sphere, yet, for a sufficiently strong uniform magnetic field, the particle beam splits in two, exactly as in experiment and in concert with quantum theory.