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“In fact, in the proposed experiment, the agents never make any choices (also no delayed ones, as e.g., in Wheeler’s “delayed choice” experiment63).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wheeler, J. A.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wheeler, John Archibald
- Venue
- Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 9-48
- OpenAlex
- W193210549
- Cited by
- 416
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 3.73
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Keywords
- double-slit experiment, delayed-choice experiment, wave-particle duality, quantum interference, single-slit diffraction, photon paths, quantum measurement, complementarity
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