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The Physics Behind Symmetrization
R. E. Kastner
It is often asserted that quantum states for same-type particles must be symmetrized due to ``label redundancy,'' i.e. the assumption that the permutations of labels in direct-prod…
Where Photons Have Been: Nowhere Without All Components of Their Wavefunctions
R. E. Kastner
A nested interferometer experiment by Danan et al (2013) is discussed and some claims evaluated concerning the whereabouts of the photon, primarily in the context of time-symmetric…
Maxwell's Demon Is Foiled by the Entropy Cost of Measurement, Not Erasure
R. E. Kastner
I dispute the conventional claim that the second law of thermodynamics is saved from a "Maxwell's Demon" by the entropy cost of information erasure, and show that instead it is mea…
A Model of Entropy Production
Andreas Schlatter, R. E. Kastner
A key tenet of the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics is the idea that photon absorption localizes the absorbing material system. In doing so, it measures the locati…
Entropy Cost of "Erasure" in Physically Irreversible Processes
R. E. Kastner, Andreas Schlatter
A restricted form of Landauer's Principle, independent of computational considerations, is shown to hold for thermal systems by reference to the joint entropy associated with conju…