Superposition revisited: Proposed resolution of double-slit experiment paradox using Feynman path integral formalism
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 11:41
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —The Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, published in 1926 by Erwin Schrödinger, may be the most widely-known metaphorical explanation of quantum superposition and collapse. (Superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics stating that a physical system – such as a photon or electron – simultaneously exists partly in all theoretically possible states; but when measured or observed gives a result corresponding to only one of the possible states.)