Revisiting weak values through non-normality

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AD04A4MaRDI QIDQ6086639zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Riccardo Muolo, Yves Caudano, T. Carletti

Publication date 10 November 2023

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.01392

zbMATH Keywords

Henrici departure from normalitynon-normalityweak measurementweak valueweak value modulus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector-valued set functions, measures and integrals (28B05) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Signal detection and filtering (aspects of stochastic processes) (60G35) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: Quantum measurement is one of the most fascinating and discussed phenomena in quantum physics, due to the impact on the system of the measurement action and the resulting interpretation issues. Scholars proposed weak measurements to amplify measured signals by exploiting a quantity called a weak value, but also to overcome philosophical difficulties related to the system perturbation induced by the measurement process. The method finds many applications and raises many philosophical questions as well, especially about the proper interpretation of the observations. In this paper, we show that any weak value can be expressed as the expectation value of a suitable non-normal operator. We propose a preliminary explanation of their anomalous and amplification behavior based on the theory of non-normal matrices and their link with non-normality: the weak value is different from an eigenvalue when the operator involved in the expectation value is non-normal. Our study paves the way for a deeper understanding of the measurement phenomenon, helps the design of experiments, and it is a call for collaboration to researchers in both fields to unravel new quantum phenomena induced by non-normality.

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