On the interpretative essence of the term ``Interaction-free measurement: the role of entanglement

DOI10.1007/S10701-008-9263-8MaRDI QIDQ1022502zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Renato M. Angelo

Publication date 22 June 2009

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.3853

zbMATH Keywords

entanglementinteraction-free measurementnull-result experiment

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: The polemical term "interaction-free measurement" (IFM) is analyzed in its interpretative nature. Two seminal works proposing the term are revisited and their underlying interpretations are assessed. The role played by nonlocal quantum correlations (entanglement) is formally discussed and some controversial conceptions in the original treatments are identified. As a result the term IFM is shown to be consistent neither with the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics nor with the lessons provided by the EPR debate.

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