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Foundations And Applications Of Weak Quantum Measurements, Yakir Aharonov, Eliahu Cohen, Avshalom C. Elitzur Jan 2014

Foundations And Applications Of Weak Quantum Measurements, Yakir Aharonov, Eliahu Cohen, Avshalom C. Elitzur

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Weak quantum measurement (WM) is unique in measuring noncommuting operators and other peculiar, otherwise-undetectable phenomena predicted by the two-state-vector-formalism (TSVF). The aim of this article is threefold: (i) introducing the foundations of WM and TSVF, (ii) studying temporal peculiarities predicted by TSVF and manifested by WM, and (iii) presenting applications of WM to single particles.