Weak measurements of trajectories in quantum systems: classical, Bohmian and sum over paths

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/30/305301zbMATH Open1325.81008arXiv1411.3855OpenAlexW1776033527MaRDI QIDQ3448376FDOQ3448376

Authors: A. Matzkin 

Publication date: 23 October 2015

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

Abstract: Weak values, obtained from weak measurements, attempt to describe the properties of a quantum system as it evolves from an initial to a final state, without practically altering this evolution. Trajectories can be defined from weak measurements of the position, or inferred from weak values of the momentum operator. The former can be connected to the asymptotic form of the Feynman propagator and the latter to Bohmian trajectories. Employing a time-dependent oscillator as a model, this work analyzes to what extent weak measurements can shed light on the underlying dynamics of a quantum system expressed in terms of trajectories, in particular by comparing the two approaches.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.3855

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zbMATH Keywords

weak measurementstime-dependent oscillatortrajectories in quantum systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

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