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Leggett-Garg tests of macrorealism for bosonic systems including double-well Bose-Einstein condensates and atom interferometers

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posted on 2024-07-26, 14:39 authored by Laura Rosales Zarate, Bogdan Opanchuk, Q. Y. He, Margaret ReidMargaret Reid
We construct quantifiable generalizations of Leggett-Garg tests for macro- and mesoscopic realism and noninvasive measurability that apply when not all outcomes of measurement can be identified as arising from one of two macroscopically distinguishable states. We show how quantum mechanics predicts a negation of the Leggett-Garg premises for strategies involving ideal negative-result, weak, and minimally invasive ("nonclumsy") projective measurements on dynamical entangled systems, as might be realized with Bose-Einstein condensates in a double-well potential, path-entangled NOON states, and atom interferometers. Potential loopholes associated with each strategy are discussed.

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Mesoscopic quantum reality in the light of new technologies

Australian Research Council

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2469-9934

Journal title

Physical Review A

Volume

97

Issue

4

Article number

article no. 042114

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1 p

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American Physical Society (APS)

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Copyright © 2018 American Physical Society. The published version is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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eng

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