Wednesday, July 4, 2012

1207.0667 (Yakir Aharonov et al.)

Coexistence of Past and Future Measurements' Effects, Predicted by the
Two-State-Vector-Formalism and Revealed by Weak Measurement
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Yakir Aharonov, Eliahu Cohen, Avshalom C. Elitzur
We analyze an idealized experiment in which weak which-path measurements do not prevent consecutive weak interference measurements, and then again the which-path information is recovered by strong measurements. We also show how the same effect can be obtained even by all strong and weak measurements being carried out on a single particle. The simplified setting enables critically assessing competing interpretations of the results. The most natural one turns out to be that of the Two-State-Vector Formalism, according to which the quantum "two-state" between an earlier and a later measurement is equally determined by both of them.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0667

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