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There exist non orthogonal quantum measurements that are perfectly repeatable

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We show that, contrarily to the widespread belief, in quantum mechanics repeatable measurements are not necessarily described by orthogonal projectors--the customary paradigm of "observable". Nonorthogonal repeatability, however, occurs only for infinite dimensions. We also show that when a non orthogonal repeatable measurement is performed, the measured system retains some "memory" of the number of times that the measurement has been performed.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0310041,
  title  = {There exist non orthogonal quantum measurements that are perfectly repeatable},
  author = {F. Buscemi and G. M. D'Ariano and P. Perinotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0310041},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure, revtex4, minor changes