Feynman's approach to negative probability in quantum mechanics.

abstract

• Feynman introduces the concept of negative probability in the context of Youngs double-slit experiment and in doing so sheds a new light on the problem. However, there are, as Feynman notes, conceptual problems as well as insights associated with this point of view. The micromaser which-path (Welcher-Weg) detector eliminates these conceptual difficulties. We also emphasize that the concept of negative probability yields useful insight into the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) problem. 1994 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• Phys Rev A

author list (cited authors)

• Scully, M. O., Walther, H., & Schleich, W.

citation count

• 56

complete list of authors

• Scully, MO||Walther, H||Schleich, W

publication date

• March 1994

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 9910402

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physreva.49.1562

start page

• 1562

end page

• 1566

volume

• 49

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.49.1562