61 research outputs found
On EPR paradox, Bell's inequalities and experiments which prove nothing
This article shows that the there is no paradox. Violation of Bell's
inequalities should not be identified with a proof of non locality in quantum
mechanics. A number of past experiments is reviewed, and it is concluded that
the experimental results should be re-evaluated. The results of the experiments
with atomic cascade are shown not to contradict the local realism. The article
points out flaws in the experiments with down-converted photons. The
experiments with neutron interferometer on measuring the "contextuality" and
Bell-like inequalities are analyzed, and it is shown that the experimental
results can be explained without such notions. Alternative experiment is
proposed to prove the validity of local realism.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures. I edited a little the text and abstract I
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Those wonderful elastic waves
We consider in a simple and general way elastic waves in isotropic and
anisotropic media, their polarization, speeds, reflection from interfaces with
mode conversion, and surface waves. Reflection of quasi transverse waves in
anisotropic media from a free surface is shown to be characterized by three
critical angles.Comment: 11 Figures 26 page
Fitness Ranking of Individual Mutants Drives Patterns of Epistatic Interactions in HIV-1
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Neutron experiments to search for new spin-dependent interactions
The consideration is presented of possible neutron experiments to search for
new short-range spin-dependent forces. The spin-dependent nucleon-nucleon
interaction between neutron and nuclei may cause different effects: phase shift
of a neutron wave in neutron interferometers of different kind, in particular
of the Lloyd mirror configuration, neutron spin rotation in the pseudo-magnetic
field, and transverse deflection of polarized neutron beam by a slab of
substance. Estimates of sensitivity of these experiments are performed.Comment: 10 p., 4 fig, Corrected Fig. 4, 1 Ref. adde
The neutron and its role in cosmology and particle physics
Experiments with cold and ultracold neutrons have reached a level of
precision such that problems far beyond the scale of the present Standard Model
of particle physics become accessible to experimental investigation. Due to the
close links between particle physics and cosmology, these studies also permit a
deep look into the very first instances of our universe. First addressed in
this article, both in theory and experiment, is the problem of baryogenesis ...
The question how baryogenesis could have happened is open to experimental
tests, and it turns out that this problem can be curbed by the very stringent
limits on an electric dipole moment of the neutron, a quantity that also has
deep implications for particle physics. Then we discuss the recent spectacular
observation of neutron quantization in the earth's gravitational field and of
resonance transitions between such gravitational energy states. These
measurements, together with new evaluations of neutron scattering data, set new
constraints on deviations from Newton's gravitational law at the picometer
scale. Such deviations are predicted in modern theories with extra-dimensions
that propose unification of the Planck scale with the scale of the Standard
Model ... Another main topic is the weak-interaction parameters in various
fields of physics and astrophysics that must all be derived from measured
neutron decay data. Up to now, about 10 different neutron decay observables
have been measured, much more than needed in the electroweak Standard Model.
This allows various precise tests for new physics beyond the Standard Model,
competing with or surpassing similar tests at high-energy. The review ends with
a discussion of neutron and nuclear data required in the synthesis of the
elements during the "first three minutes" and later on in stellar
nucleosynthesis.Comment: 91 pages, 30 figures, accepted by Reviews of Modern Physic
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