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dc.contributor.advisorKowalski, Frank V.
dc.contributor.authorBrowne, Ryan S.
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:37:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T08:40:25Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:37:06Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T08:40:25Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifierT 7326
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11124/79523
dc.description2013 Fall.
dc.descriptionIncludes illustrations (some color).
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).
dc.description.abstractReflection of a microscopic non-zero rest mass particle from a macroscopic mirror generates two-particle interference from the incident and reflected particle substates and the associated mirror substates. This amplifies effects such as fringe spacing since they are essentially determined not by the mass of the macroscopic mirror but rather by the much smaller mass of the microscopic particle. Coherence can be transferred during reflection from the initial particle substate to the mirror substate. Interference of multiple such two-particle states is discussed. These effects could lead to extending measurements of the quantum-classical boundary to larger masses. The possibility of non-simultaneous measurement of the positions of the particle and the mirror is also discussed. The joint probability density, which is a function both of the different positions and different times at which the particle and mirror are measured, is derived assuming that no interaction occurs between the measurement times. An analog of the Doppler shift for this correlated system is discussed along with interference of multiple such two-particle states.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.relation.ispartof2013 - Mines Theses & Dissertations
dc.rightsCopyright of the original work is retained by the author.
dc.subject.lcshQuantum theory
dc.subject.lcshParticles
dc.subject.lcshWave functions
dc.subject.lcshDoppler effect
dc.subject.lcshCoherence (Optics)
dc.titleCorrelation after reflection in a quantum system
dc.typeText
dc.contributor.committeememberDurfee, Charles G.
dc.contributor.committeememberScales, John Alan
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.grantorColorado School of Mines


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