Quantum interference of force: anomalous forces in a quantum interferometric context

Abstract

Physical properties concerning the phenomena of quantum superposition and quantum interference have throughout the years been found in direct opposition to our classical every day physical intuition. In this work, together with a brief review on the peculiarities concerningthe phenomena of quantum superposition and it's consequences, we present and propose an original experiment in the context of quantum interference in which we rst introduce the notion of 'Anomalous Forces' existing in a quantum interferometric context. In particular, we discuss how it becomes possible for a quantum physical object to acquire a physical linear momentum in a 'wrong' direction, after having interacted or not with some other known physical system inside a two-paths interferometer. We show how, in this context, it is as if the superposition of a positive force (in one arm of the interferometer) and a null force (in the alternative arm) 'generated an interferometric negative force' acting on the interfering physical object. When this notion is applied to two traveling electrons inside the interferometer it becomes possible to simulate an electric attraction between electrons in a quantum context. The present work was inspired by a paper published in the year of 2013 by Aharonov et. al. [1], in which the authors discuss the existence of a negative radiation pressure of photons in a quantum mirror. In this text, we argue on how this seemingly illogical phenomenon comes about, being derived directly from the counter intuitive properties of quantum interference,and propose a version of the experiment using interfering electrons with which we believe that analogous results can be observed in the laboratory