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On the spatial coordinate measurement of two identical particles

Authors :
Marchewka, Avi
Granot, Er'el
Schuss, Zeev
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Theoretically, the coordinate measurement of two identical particles at a point by two narrowly separated narrow detectors, is interpreted in the limit of shrinking width and separation, as the detection of two particles by a single narrow detector. { Ordinarily, the ratio between probabilities of point measurements is independent of the width of the narrow detectors.} We show here that not only this is not the case, but that in some scenarios the results depend on the way the dimensions shrink to zero. The ratio between the width and the separation determines the detection result. { In particular, it is shown that the bunching parameter of bosons is not a well-defined physical property. Moreover, it may suggests that } there is a difficulty in quantum measurement theory in the interpretation of coordinate measurement of two particles.<br />Comment: 15 pages, 2 figures,to be published in Phys. Lett. A

Subjects

Subjects :
Quantum Physics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1603.04204
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2016.03.017