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Generalizing Elitzur-Vaidman interaction free measurements
Adonai S. Sant'Anna, Otavio Bueno
In the early 1990's A. Elitzur and L. Vaidman proposed an interaction free measurement (IFM) that allows researchers to find infinitely fragile objects without destroying them. But…
Individuality as an illusion
Adonai S. Sant'Anna
Elementary particles in quantum mechanics (QM) are indistinguishable when sharing the same intrinsic properties and the same quantum state. So, we can consider quantum particles as…
Finite enumerable but undecidable collections
Adonai S. Sant'Anna
It is well known that in Zermelo-Fraenkel (ZF) set theory any finite set is decidable. In this paper we discuss an extension of ZF where this result is no longer valid. Such an ext…
Indistinguishability and nonlocality in Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment
Adonai S. Sant'Anna
Quasi-set theory allows us a non trivial relation between indistinguishability and nonlocality into the context of Einstein- Podolsky-Rosen experiment. Quasi-set theory is a set th…
Quasi-set-theoretical foundations of statistical mechanics: a research program
Adonai S. Sant'Anna, Alexandre M. S. Santos
Quasi-set theory provides us a mathematical background for dealing with collections of indistinguishable elementary particles. In this paper, we show how to obtain the usual statis…
The temperature of the quantum vacuum
Adonai S. Sant'Anna, Daniel C. Freitas
We propose that the quantum vacuum may be considered as a gas of virtual photons which carry a non-vanishing linear momentum as well as a non-vanishing energy. We study, in particu…