Weak measurements measure probability amplitudes (and very little else)

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2016.02.051MaRDI QIDQ2358508zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Sokolovski

Publication date 15 June 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.04241

zbMATH Keywords

apparent superluminalityFeynman pathsquantum measurements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: Conventional quantum mechanics describes a pre- and post-selected system in terms of virtual (Feynman) paths via which the final state can be reached. In the absence of probabilities, a weak measurement (WM) determines the probability amplitudes for the paths involved. The weak values (VW) can be identified with these amplitudes, or their linear combinations. This allows us to explain the "unusual" properties of the VW, and avoid the "paradoxes" often associated with the WM.

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