Work Required for Selective Quantum Measurement
Abstract
In quantum mechanics, we define the measuring system in a selective measurement by two conditions. Firstly, when we define the measured system as the system in which the non-selective measurement part acts, is independent from the measured system as a quantum system in the sense that any time-dependent process in the total system is divisible into parts for and . Secondly, when we can separate and from each other without changing the unitary equivalence class of the state of from that obtained by the partial trace of , the eigenstate selection in the selective measurement cannot be realized. In order for such a system to exist, we show that in one selective measurement of an observable of a quantum system of particles in , there exists a negative entropy transfer from to that can be directly transformed into an amount of Helmholtz free energy of where is the thermodynamic temperature of the system . Equivalently, an extra amount of work, , is required to be done by the system .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1610.00757,
title = {Work Required for Selective Quantum Measurement},
author = {Eiji Konishi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00757},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
38 pages, 7 figures, published version