Are there quantum measurements that do not alter the state of the system?

Authors

Roberto Vitancol National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Eric Galapon National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

In our macroscopic world, we know that determining your height will not make you taller nor smaller and merely staring at an object will not change it either. The moon is up there and would stay the same whether you look at it or not. But these are acts of measurement and according to quantum measurement theory, the state of a system changes when it is measured. Here we will construct a measurement according to the postulates of quantum mechanics that does not change the state of a system.

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Issue

2011: Proceedings of the 29th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas National Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2011-3C-5

Section

Theoretical and Computational Physics

Published

2011-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

R Vitancol and E Galapon, Are there quantum measurements that do not alter the state of the system?, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 29, SPP2011-3C-5 (2011). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2011-3C-5.