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Quantum Anti-Zeno Effect

Quantum Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate that near threshold decay processes may be accelerated by repeated measurements. Examples include near threshold photodetachment of an electron from a negative ion, and spontaneous emission in a cavity close to the cutoff frequency, or in a photon band gap material.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9901060,
  title  = {Quantum Anti-Zeno Effect},
  author = {Maciej Lewenstein and Kazimierz Rzazewski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9901060},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures