Abstract
We consider the observability of the sign change of spinors under $2\ensuremath{\pi}$ rotations. We show that in certain circumstances there are observable consequences of such rotations, contrary to the classical case. We suggest experiments which can in principle be done to demonstrate such effects.
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ObservabilitySign (mathematics)SpinorObservableMathematicsAlgorithmPure mathematicsPhysicsMathematical physicsMathematical analysisApplied mathematicsQuantum mechanics
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- Year
- 1967
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 158
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1237-1238
- Citations
- 199
- Access
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Yakir Aharonov,
Leonard Susskind
(1967).
Observability of the Sign Change of Spinors under<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math>Rotations.
Physical Review
, 158
(5)
, 1237-1238.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.158.1237
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrev.158.1237