arXiv:2105.05057

Smeared Gas Transmittance Revisited

Jakub M. Ratajczak

Published May 10, 2021• 0 citations

Abstract

The paper continues to analyze a model of optical transmittance of ultra diluted gas, taking into account gas particles' non-locality and the quantum effect of their wave function spreading derived from solving the Schrodinger equation for a free particle. Among others, we show conserved mass systems may become more transparent than predicted by classic transmittance laws. This is because mass conservation is governed by the sum of probabilities, while the Markov chain's product of probabilities controls the transmittance. We show why this effect is negligible for ideal gases. We analytically derive the upper limit the closed system transmittance may grow. The analysis does not depend on the selection of a particular form of the particle wave function. We show the impact on interpretations of quantum mechanics. The model is naturally applicable in deep space conditions, where the environment is sparse.

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