Counterfactual reasoning in time-symmetric quantum mechanics
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DOI10.1007/S10702-006-0797-8zbMATH Open1102.81021arXivquant-ph/0410076OpenAlexW2017683341MaRDI QIDQ2432463FDOQ2432463
Authors: Yanyan Li 
Publication date: 25 October 2006
Published in: Foundations of Physics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: A qualification is suggested for the counterfactual reasoning involved in some aspects of time-symmetric quantum theory (which involves ensembles selected by both the initial and final states). The qualification is that the counterfactual reasoning should only apply to times when the quantum system has been subjected to physical interactions which place it in a ``measurement-ready condition" for the unperformed experiment on which the counterfactual reasoning is based. The defining characteristic of a "measurement-ready condition" is that a quantum system could be found to have the counterfactually ascribed property without direct physical interaction with the eigenstate corresponding to that property.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410076
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