A Transactional Analysis of Interaction Free Measurements
Quantum Physics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics is applied to the "interaction-free" measurement scenario of Elitzur and Vaidman and to the Quantum Zeno Effect version of the measurement scenario by Kwiat, et al. It is shown that the non-classical information provided by the measurement scheme is supplied by the probing of the intervening object by incomplete offer and confirmation waves that do not form complete transactions or lead to real interactions.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0508102,
title = {A Transactional Analysis of Interaction Free Measurements},
author = {John G. Cramer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0508102},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Foundations of Physics Letters