Abstract
When a quantum system is described by a superposition of wave-packets, each wave-packet traveling on a separate path, a commonly asked question is why only one of the wave-packets is able to trigger a click in a detector. In the second half of the last century many scientists considered the possibility that not all these wave-packets are identical. Namely, that there exist “full waves” and “empty waves”. The two types of waves were supposed to be identical only in the sense that they are able to produce interference when crossing one another, however, the full wave was supposed to be able to trigger a click in a detector, while the empty wave was supposed to leave the detector silent. The present text describes an experiment in which, for explaining the results, it seems necessary to admit the existence of full and empty waves.
Highlights
The quantum mechanics (QM) succeeded to explain a wide range of phenomena of the microscopic world, for almost a century the most basic features of a quantum systems are still not clarified
When a quantum system is described by a superposition of wave-packets, each wave-packet traveling on a separate path, a commonly asked question is why only one of the wave-packets is able to trigger a click in a detector
The two types of waves were supposed to be identical only in the sense that they are able to produce interference when crossing one another, the full wave was supposed to be able to trigger a click in a detector, while the empty wave was supposed to leave the detector silent
Summary
The quantum mechanics (QM) succeeded to explain a wide range of phenomena of the microscopic world, for almost a century the most basic features of a quantum systems are still not clarified. This is evidence that both the intersecting w-ps exist in reality. The best elaborated expression of this idea was the de Broglie-Bohm (dBB) interpretation of the QM, [1] [2] [3] This interpretation is based on the assumption that there exists a “particle” inside the w-f, and the particle travels along a continuous trajectory together with the w-f and inside it. If the w-f consists of several w-ps, the particle travels with one of them, and the rest of the w-ps are considered some sort of really existing waves, though to which the detectors are insensitive.
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