A method for measuring the real part of the weak value of spin using non-zero rest mass particles
Quantum Physics
2017-01-18 v1
Abstract
A method for measuring the real part of the weak (local) value of spin is presented using a variant on the original Stern-Gerlach apparatus. The experiment utilises metastable helium in the state. A full simulation using the impulsive approximation has been carried out and it predicts a displacement of the beam by . This is on the limit of our detector resolution and we will discuss ways of increasing . The simulation also indicates how we might observe the imaginary part of the weak value.
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@article{arxiv.1701.04808,
title = {A method for measuring the real part of the weak value of spin using non-zero rest mass particles},
author = {V. Monachello and R. Flack and B. J. Hiley and R. E. Callaghan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.04808},
year = {2017}
}