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arxiv: 1210.4248 · v2 · pith:FOXQ3JSUnew · submitted 2012-10-16 · 🪐 quant-ph

Einstein's Recoiling Slit Experiment, Complementarity and Uncertainty

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keywords entanglementeinsteinrecoilingrelationslituncertaintydualityenglert-greenberger-yasin
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We analyze Einstein's recoiling slit experiment and point out that the inevitable entanglement between the particle and the recoiling-slit was not part of Bohr's reply. We show that if this entanglement is taken into account, one can provided a simpler answer to Einstein. We also derive the Englert-Greenberger-Yasin duality relation from this entanglement. In addition, we show that the Englert-Greenberger-Yasin duality relation can also be thought of as a consequence of the sum uncertainty relation for certain observables of the recoiling slit. Thus, the uncertainty relations and entanglement are both an integral part of the which-way detection process.

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