The classical limit of the quantum Zeno effect

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/3/032001zbMATH Open1183.81015arXiv0911.5675OpenAlexW3123407779WikidataQ59473119 ScholiaQ59473119MaRDI QIDQ3404497FDOQ3404497

Marilena Ligabò, Paolo Facchi, Sandro Graffi

Publication date: 9 February 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The evolution of a quantum system subjected to infinitely many measurements in a finite time interval is confined in a proper subspace of the Hilbert space. This phenomenon is called "quantum Zeno effect": a particle under intensive observation does not evolve. This effect is at variance with the classical evolution, which obviously is not affected by any observations. By a semiclassical analysis we will show that the quantum Zeno effect vanishes at all orders, when the Planck constant tends to zero, and thus it is a purely quantum phenomenon without classical analog, at the same level of tunneling.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.5675

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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