Single-particle diffraction with a hydrodynamic pilot-wave model
A macroscopic hydrodynamic system that couples a particle and a wave has recently renewed interest in the question as to what extent a classical system may reproduce quantum phenomena. Here we investigate single-particle diffraction with a pilot-wave model originally developed to describe the hydrodynamic system. We study single-particle interactions with a barrier and slits of increasing width by focusing on the near field. We find single-particle diffraction arising as wavelike patterns in the particles' position statistics, which we compare to the predictions of quantum mechanics. We provide a mechanism that rationalizes the diffractive behavior in our system.
Authors
- Giuseppe Pucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-3277)
- Giuseppe Alı̀ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7537-8612)
- Anand U. Oza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-9172)
- Antoine Bellaigue
- Alessia Cirimele
Institutions
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (US)
- Université Rennes 2 (FR)
- Istituto Nanoscienze (IT)
- Istituto di Nanotecnologia (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce (IT)
- Institut de Physique de Rennes (FR)
- National Research Council (IT)
- University of Calabria (IT)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. E
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.111.l033101
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.99
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- College of Natural Resources and Sciences, Humboldt State University