Basic neutron interference experiments and the information interpretation of the wavefunction

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 561-579

  Zawisky, M ^a  

^a Alominstitute Austrian Universities   (Austria)

Author keywords

Information interpretation; Neutron interferometry; Nonlocality; Quantum interference; Single quantum; Which way information

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244260902     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10702-004-0904-7     Document Type: Article

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