Passive quantum measurement: Arrival time, quantum Zeno effect and gambler's fallacy

Jurić, Tajron; Nikolić, Hrvoje (2023) Passive quantum measurement: Arrival time, quantum Zeno effect and gambler's fallacy. Fortschritte der Physik - Progress of Physics, 71 (10-11). ISSN 1521-3978

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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, it is found that quantum projective measurement can be passive in a way which is impossible in finite dimensional Hilbert spaces. Specifically, it is found 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.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Imported from arXiv
Uncontrolled Keywords:	passive quantum measurement ; arrival time ; quantum Zeno effect ; gambler’s fallacy
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics
Divisions:	Theoretical Physics Division
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Potraga za kvantnim prostorvremenom u spektru KNM za crne rupe i bljeskovima gama zraka-QBHQNMGRB Anđelo Samsarov; Ivica Smolić; Marija Dimitrijević-Ćirić; Salvatore Mignemi; Kumar Shankar Gupta; Nikola Konjik IP-2020-02-9614 HRZZ
Depositing User:	Tajron Jurić
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2025 15:07
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/9364
DOI:	10.1002/prop.202300014

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