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Classical Simulation of Double Slit Interference via Ballistic Diffusion

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, , Citation J Mesa Pascasio et al 2012 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 361 012041 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/361/1/012041

1742-6596/361/1/012041

Abstract

Based on a proposed classical explanation, the quantum mechanical "decay of the wave packet" is shown to simply result from sub-quantum diffusion with a specific diffusivity varying in time due to a particle's changing thermal environment. The exact quantum mechanical intensity distribution, as well as the corresponding trajectory distribution and the velocity field of a Gaussian wave packet are therewith computed. We utilize no quantum mechanics, but only familiar simulation techniques for diffusion, e.g., finite differences or coupled map lattices (CML).

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