Realism and quantum flux tunneling

L. E. Ballentine
Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1493 – Published 5 October 1987
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Abstract

Leggett and Garg have argued that the phenomenon of quantum flux tunneling oscillations will, according to the predictions of quantum mechanics, contradict the pair of assumptions ‘‘macroscopic realism’’ and ‘‘noninvasive measurability.’’ It is argued here that there can be no contradiction of realism in such a case, and that the contradiction is between quantum mechanics and noninvasive measurability.

  • Received 27 January 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1493

©1987 American Physical Society

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L. E. Ballentine

  • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada

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Vol. 59, Iss. 14 — 5 October 1987

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