Investigating the Effect of the Quantum Potential on Particle Behavior in Nonlocal Spacetime and its Role in Solving the Measurement Problem in the Orthodox Quantum

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Ayatollah Rafsanjani, Ali | 2023

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Type of Document: Ph.D. Dissertation
Language: Farsi
Document No: 56716 (04)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Physics
Advisor(s): Bahrampour, Alireza; Golshani, Mehdi
Abstract:
Despite the astonishing successes of quantum mechanics, due to some fundamental problems such as the measurement problem and quantum arrival time problem, the predictions of the theory are in some cases not quite clear and unique. Especially, there are various predictions for the joint spatiotemporal distribution of particle detection events on a screen, which are derived from different formulations and interpretations of the quantum theory. Although the differences are typically small, we show that these predictions can be experimentally distinguished by a proposed unconventional double-slit configuration, which is realizable using present-day single-atom interferometry. Furthermore, we propose a modified version of the double-double-slit experiment using entangled atom pairs to observe a non-local interference in the arrival time distribution, which is analogous to the non-local interference observed in the arrival position distribution. These experiments would enrich our understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics
Keywords:
Quantum Potential ; Measurement Problem ; Arrival Time ; Nonlocality ; Standard Quantum Theory

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