Comment on “Why quantum mechanics cannot be formulated as a Markov process”

L. Hardy, D. Home, E. J. Squires, and M. A. B. Whitaker
Phys. Rev. A 56, 3301 – Published 1 October 1997
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Abstract

We reply to suggestions made by Gillespie [Phys. Rev. A 49, 1607 (1994)] that our earlier paper [Phys. Rev. A 45, 4267 (1992)] contained mathematical inconsistencies. By use of a concrete model, we demonstrate explicitly that the behavior of a quantum-mechanical two-state oscillator may be simulated by a classical jump process.

  • Received 24 May 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.3301

©1997 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

L. Hardy

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, England

D. Home

  • Department of Physics, Bose Institute, Calcutta 700009, India

E. J. Squires

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, England

M. A. B. Whitaker

  • Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen’s University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland

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Original Articles

Realism and the quantum-mechanical two-state oscillator

L. Hardy, D. Home, E. J. Squires, and M. A. B. Whitaker
Phys. Rev. A 45, 4267 (1992)

Why quantum mechanics cannot be formulated as a Markov process

Daniel T. Gillespie
Phys. Rev. A 49, 1607 (1994)

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Vol. 56, Iss. 4 — October 1997

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