Quantum-mechanical motion and the stillness of experimental records

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dc.creatorMadjid, F. Hadi
dc.creatorMyers, John M.
dc.date2003-05-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:06:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:06:46Z
dc.descriptionExperimenting with metastability in recording devices leads us to wonder about an interface between equations of motion and the stillness of experimental records. Here we delineate an interface between wave functions as language to describe motion and Turing tapes as language to describe experimental records. After extending quantum formalism to make this interface explicit, we report on constraints and freedoms in choosing quantum-mechanical equations to model experiments with devices. We prove that choosing equations of wave functions and operators to achieve a fit between calculated probabilities and experimental records requires reaching beyond both logic and the experimental records. Although informed by experience, a "reach beyond" can fairly be called a guess. Recognizing that particles as features of wave functions depend on guesswork, we introduce their use not as objects of physical investigation but as elements of thought in quantum-mechanical models of devices. We make informed guesses to offer a quantum-mechanical model of a 1-bit recording device in a metastable condition. Probabilities calculated from the model fit an experimental record of an oscillation in a time-varying probability, showing a temperature-independent role for Planck's constant in what heretofore was viewed as a "classical" electronic device.
dc.description32 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0305096
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0305096
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/91098
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleQuantum-mechanical motion and the stillness of experimental records
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