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Quantum correlation effects on two successive measurements that are presented by non-commuting operators

Quantum Physics 2016-07-29 v1

Abstract

Two measurements of AA and BB are carried out one after the other. The measurements of AA are controlled by the parameter λA\lambda_A in the Kraus operator, where the measurements of BB are controlled by the parameter λB\lambda_B. Strong measurements imply that the parameters in the Kraus operators approach infinite large values while weak measurements are carried out when the parameters approach zero. Here we prove that by repeating on the two successive measurements of AA and BB then: (1) Average over all measurements of AA is invariant of the measurement strength parameters λA\lambda_A and λB\lambda_B. It implies that all surprising results obtained in weak measurements of AA are washed out when the average is taken. (2) If the operators A^\hat A and B^\hat B commute then the mean value of BB as obtained by taking the average of the results for BB over all measurements is invariant of λA\lambda_A and λB\lambda_B. Moreover it is exactly equal to the expectation value of B^\hat B as expected for strong measurements of BB. (3) If A^\hat A and B^\hat B do not commute \textit{and} another condition given in this paper is satisfied then the mean value of the results obtained for BB depends on the value of λA\lambda_A and not on the value of λB\lambda_B. An illustrative possible experiment to show the effect of the strength of the measurements of A on the results obtained for the measurements of B is given.

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@article{arxiv.1607.08356,
  title  = {Quantum correlation effects on two successive measurements that are presented by non-commuting operators},
  author = {Nimrod Moiseyev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.08356},
  year   = {2016}
}
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