Quantum entanglement, spin-1/2 and the Stern-Gerlach experiment

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 657-672

  Roston, G B ^a   Casas, M ^b   Plastino, A ^c   Plastino, A R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; THERMODYNAMICS; VECTORS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM SYSTEMS; WAVEFUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19944380528     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 01430807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/012     Document Type: Article

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