Passive Quantum Measurement: Arrival Time, Quantum Zeno Effect and Gambler's Fallacy

DOI10.1002/PROP.202300014arXiv2207.09140OpenAlexW4382893920MaRDI QIDQ6184764FDOQ6184764

Authors: Tajron Jurić, Hrvoje Nikolić 

Publication date: 5 January 2024

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Classical measurements are passive, in the sense that they do not affect the physical properties of the measured system. Normally, quantum measurements are not passive in that sense. In the infinite dimensional Hilbert space, however, we find that quantum projective measurement can be passive in a way which is impossible in finite dimensional Hilbert spaces. Specifically, we find that expectation value of a hermitian Hamiltonian can have an imaginary part in the infinite dimensional Hilbert space and that such an imaginary part implies a possibility to avoid quantum Zeno effect, which can physically be realized in quantum arrival experiments. The avoidance of quantum Zeno effect can also be understood as avoidance of a quantum version of gambler's fallacy, leading to the notion of passive quantum measurement that updates information about the physical system without affecting its physical properties. The arrival time probability distribution of a particle is found to be given by the flux of the probability current. Possible negative fluxes correspond to regimes at which there is no arrival at all, physically understood as regimes at which the particle departs rather than arrives.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09140

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum Zeno effectgambler's fallacyarrival timepassive quantum measurement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

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