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Properties sometimes attributed to the “particle” aspect of a neutron, e.g., mass and magnetic moment, cannot straightforwardly be regarded in the Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics as localized at the hypothetical position of the particle. This is shown by examining a series of effects in neutron interferometry. A related thought-experiment also provides a variation of a recent demonstration that which-way detectors can appear to behave anomolously in the Bohm theory.
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Brown, H.R., Dewdney, C. & Horton, G. Bohm particles and their detection in the light of neutron interferometry. Found Phys 25, 329–347 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02055211
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