Realism and the quantum-mechanical two-state oscillator
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 45 (7) , 4267-4270
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.45.4267
Abstract
We consider how a class of realistic models in which an individual system, while undergoing transitions, is at any instant definitely in one or the other state can mimic the prediction of quantum theory for two-state oscillations. We show explicitly the way in which the measurement must be invasive for such models, even at the microscopic level.Keywords
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