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Heads or tails in zero gravity: an example of a classical contextual "measurement"

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Playing the game of heads or tails in zero gravity demonstrates that there exists a contextual "measurement" in classical mechanics. When the coin is flipped, its orientation is a continuous variable. However, the "measurement" that occurs when the coin is caught by clapping two hands together gives a discrete value (heads or tails) that depends on the context (orientation of the hands). It is then shown that there is a strong analogy with the spin measurement of the Stern-Gerlach experiment, and in particular with Stern and Gerlach’s sequential measurements. Finally, we clarify the analogy by recalling how the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation simply explains the spin "measurement".
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hal-01490632 , version 1 (21-03-2017)

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Alexandre Gondran, Michel Gondran. Heads or tails in zero gravity: an example of a classical contextual "measurement". 2017. ⟨hal-01490632⟩

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