The meaning of ``anomalous weak values in quantum and classical theories

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2015.02.018zbMATH Open1396.81020arXiv1509.04925OpenAlexW2074396846MaRDI QIDQ1785993FDOQ1785993

Authors: D. Sokolovski 

Publication date: 24 September 2018

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The readings of a highly inaccurate "weak" quantum meter, employed to determine the value of a dichotomous variable $S$ without destroying the interference between the alternatives,may take arbitrary values. We show that the expected values of its readings may take any real value, depending on the the choice of the states in which the system is pre- and post-selected. Some of these values must fall outside the range of eigenvalues of $A$, in which case they may be expressed as "anomalous" averages obtained with negative probability weights, constructed from available probability amplitudes. This behaviour is a natural consequence of the Uncertainty Principle. The phenomenon of "anomalous weak values" has no non-trivial analogue in classical statistics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.04925

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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