Exact pointer theories for von Neumann projector measurements of pre- and postselected and preselected-only quantum systems: statistical mixtures and weak value persistence

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2013.0651MaRDI QIDQ2831312zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. D. Parks, S. E. Spence, J. E. Gray

Publication date 2 November 2016

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2013.0651

zbMATH Keywords

weak measurementquantum measurementweak valuesprojectors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector-valued measures and integration (46G10) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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