{"title":"Nonlocal advection diffusion equations and the two-slit experiment in quantum mechanics","authors":"Glenn Webb","doi":"10.58997/ejde.sp.02.w1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We analyze a partial differential equation that models the two-slit experiment of quantum mechanics. The state variable of the equation is the probability density function of particle positions. The equation has a diffusion term corresponding to the random movement of particles, and a nonlocal advection term corresponding to the movement of particles in the transverse directionperpendicular to their forward movement. The model is compared to the Schrodinger equation model of the experiment. The model supports the ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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Abstract
We analyze a partial differential equation that models the two-slit experiment of quantum mechanics. The state variable of the equation is the probability density function of particle positions. The equation has a diffusion term corresponding to the random movement of particles, and a nonlocal advection term corresponding to the movement of particles in the transverse directionperpendicular to their forward movement. The model is compared to the Schrodinger equation model of the experiment. The model supports the ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics.
See also https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/special/02/w1/abstr.html
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All topics on differential equations and their applications (ODEs, PDEs, integral equations, delay equations, functional differential equations, etc.) will be considered for publication in Electronic Journal of Differential Equations.