Where Photons Have Been: Nowhere Without All Components of Their Wavefunctions
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| author | Kastner, R. E. |
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| contents | A nested interferometer experiment by Danan et al (2013) is discussed and some claims evaluated concerning the whereabouts of the photon, primarily in the context of time-symmetric interpretations of quantum theory including the Two-State Vector Formalism (TSVF) and the Transactional Interpretation (TI). It is pointed out that the TSVF account fails to predict the observed data based only on the first-order wavefunction component. It is shown that the Transactional Interpretation readily accounts for all the observed phenomena. |
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| spellingShingle | Where Photons Have Been: Nowhere Without All Components of Their Wavefunctions Kastner, R. E. Quantum Physics History and Philosophy of Physics A nested interferometer experiment by Danan et al (2013) is discussed and some claims evaluated concerning the whereabouts of the photon, primarily in the context of time-symmetric interpretations of quantum theory including the Two-State Vector Formalism (TSVF) and the Transactional Interpretation (TI). It is pointed out that the TSVF account fails to predict the observed data based only on the first-order wavefunction component. It is shown that the Transactional Interpretation readily accounts for all the observed phenomena. |
| title | Where Photons Have Been: Nowhere Without All Components of Their Wavefunctions |
| topic | Quantum Physics History and Philosophy of Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06362 |