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In combination with post-selection, weak measurements can lead to surprising results known as anomalous weak values. These lie outside the bounds of the spectrum of the relevant observable, as in the canonical example of measuring the spin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-27 Asger C. Ipsen

The variance of an arbitrary pointer observable is considered for the general case that a complex weak value is measured using a complex valued pointer state. For the typical cases where the pointer observable is either its position or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. D. Parks , J. E. Gray

We aim to address the following question: if we start with a quantum state with a spontaneously broken higher-form symmetry, what is the fate of the system under weak local quantum measurements? We demonstrate that under certain conditions,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-21 Kaixiang Su , Nayan Myerson-Jain , Chong Wang , Chao-Ming Jian , Cenke Xu

With the recent surge of interest in quantum computation, it has become very important to develop clear experimental tests for ``quantum behavior'' in a system. This issue has been addressed in the past in the form of the inequalities due…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rusko Ruskov , Alexander N. Korotkov , Ari Mizel

We discuss the notion about physical quantities as having values represented by real numbers, and its limiting to describe nature to be understood in relation to our appreciation that the quantum theory is a better theory of natural…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Otto C. W. Kong , Wei-Yin Liu

We extend the definition of quantum discord as a quantifier of nonClassical correlations in a quantum state to the case where weak measurements are performed on subsystem $A$ of a bipartite system $AB$. The properties of weak discord are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-01 Lekshmi S , N Shaji , Anil Shaji

Originally introduced as the difference between two possible forms of quantum mutual information, quantum discord has posteriorly been shown to admit a formulation according to which it measures a distance between the state under scrutiny…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-01 P. R. Dieguez , R. M. Angelo

An analysis of quantum measurement is presented that relies on an information-theoretic description of quantum entanglement. In a consistent quantum information theory of entanglement, entropies (uncertainties) conditional on measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 N. J. Cerf , C. Adami

Measurement in quantum mechanics is generally described as an irreversible process that perturbs the wavefunction describing a quantum system. In this work we establish a formal connection between the measurement description within the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-17 Fabio L. Traversa , Guillermo Albareda

The physical meaning of weak values and measurements can be completely understood with Born rule and the general probability theory. It is known that the weak value of an observable $\hat A$ with post-selection $\langle F|$ may be out of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-02 Riuji Mochizuki

The conceptual problems in quantum mechanics -- related to the collapse of the wave function, the particle-wave duality, the meaning of measurement -- arise from the need to ascribe particle character to the wave function. As will be shown,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Michael Danos , Tien D Kieu

We introduce a notion of weak convergence in arbitrary metric spaces. Metric functionals are key in our analysis: weak convergence of sequences in a given metric space is tested against all the metric functionals defined on said space. When…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Armando W. Gutiérrez , Olavi Nevanlinna

Weak value is increasingly acknowledged as an important research tool for probing quantum pre- and post-selected ensembles, where some extraordinary phenomena occur. We generalize this concept to the broader notion of "weak potential" which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-14 Yakir Aharonov , Eliahu Cohen , Shay Ben-Moshe

We first introduce the concept of weak random periodic solutions of random dynamical systems. Then, we discuss the existence of such periodic solutions. Further, we introduce the definition of weak random periodic measures and study their…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Wei Sun , Zuo-Huan Zheng

Bipartite quantum entangled systems can exhibit measurement correlations that violate Bell inequalities, revealing the profoundly counter-intuitive nature of the physical universe. These correlations reflect the impossibility of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-02 B. L. Higgins , M. S. Palsson , G. Y. Xiang , H. M. Wiseman , G. J. Pryde

Measurement outcomes provide data for a physical theory. Unless they are objective they support no objective scientific knowledge. So the outcome of a quantum measurement must be an objective physical fact. But recent arguments purport to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-06 Richard Healey

Traditional uncertainty relations dictate a minimal amount of noise in incompatible projective quantum measurements. However, not all measurements are projective. Weak measurements are minimally invasive methods for obtaining partial state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-15 Jonathan T. Monroe , Nicole Yunger Halpern , Taeho Lee , Kater W. Murch

Physical interpretations of the time-symmetric formulation of quantum mechanics, due to Aharonov, Bergmann, and Lebowitz are discussed in terms of weak values. The most direct, yet somewhat naive, interpretation uses the time-symmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Mordecai Waegell , Eliahu Cohen , Avshalom Elitzur , Jeff Tollaksen , Yakir Aharonov

A new weak measurement procedure is introduced for finite samples which yields accurate weak values that are outside the range of eigenvalues and which do not require an exponentially rare ensemble. This procedure provides a unique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jeff Tollaksen

The physical interpretation of weak measurements has been the subject of much debate. It is known that anomalous phenomena and results that appear in weak measurements are essentially related to the phase of the quantum system being…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Nobuharu Nakajima