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Mysterious quantum Cheshire cat: an illusion

Kristel F. L. Michielsen, Th. Lippert, Hans A. De Raedt

Published Sep 10, 2015• 3 citations

Abstract

We provide a mystery-free explanation for the experimentally observed facts in the neutron interferometry quantum Cheshire cat experiment of Denkmayr et al. [Nat. Comm. 5, 4492, 2014] in terms of a discrete-event simulation model, demonstrating that the quantum Cheshire cat is an illusion.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2185770

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