On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 5:07:55 PM UTC-7, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 2:10:06 PM UTC-6, [email protected] > wrote: > > ... the phase angles are responsible for interference. I doubt that > result. Am I mistaken? AG > > > > Whatever approach you take, it's still like each possibility has a little > spin wheel marking its phase: > > https://www.online-stopwatch.com/images/wheel-dice.png > > When combined, phases in the same general direction reinforce. Phases that > don't, interfere. > > - pt >
*I think you're right. Although the cross terms are zeroed out when using orthonormal eigenstates in the superposition, there is interference due to the interactions of the waves remaining. AG * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

