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We consider the quantum Zeno dynamics arising from monitoring a time-dependent projector. Starting from a stroboscopic measurement protocol, it is shown that the effective Hamiltonian for Zeno dynamics involves a nonadiabatic geometric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Adolfo del Campo

A system under constant observation is practically freezed to the measurement subspace. If the system driving is a random classical field, the survival probability of the system in the subspace becomes a random variable described by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-30 Matthias M. Müller , Stefano Gherardini , Filippo Caruso

The time evolution of an unstable quantum mechanical system coupled with an external measuring agent is investigated. According to the features of the interaction Hamiltonian, a quantum Zeno effect (hindered decay) or an inverse quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-31 P. Facchi , S. Pascazio

In this paper we investigate the dynamics of the quantum Zeno subspaces which are the eigenspaces of the interaction Hamiltonian, belonging to different eigenvalues. Using the perturbation theory and the adiabatic approximation, we get a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yi-Xin Chen , Zhuowen Fang

The Zeno effect occurs in quantum systems when a very strong measurement is applied, which can alter the dynamics in non-trivial ways. Despite being dissipative, the dynamics stay coherent within any degenerate subspaces of the measurement.…

The behavior displayed by a quantum system when it is perturbed by a series of von Neumann measurements along time is analyzed. Because of the similarity between this general process with giving a deck of playing cards a shuffle, here it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-07 A. S. Sanz , C. Sanz-Sanz , T. Gonzalez-Lezana , O. Roncero , S. Miret-Artes

The quantum Zeno effect, in its original form, uses frequent projective measurements to freeze the evolution of a quantum system that is initially governed by a fixed Hamiltonian. We generalize this effect simultaneously in three directions…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-09 Tim Möbus , Michael M. Wolf

We show how engineered classical noise can be used to generate constrained Hamiltonian dynamics in atomic quantum simulators of many-body systems, taking advantage of the continuous Zeno effect. After discussing the general theoretical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 K. Stannigel , P. Hauke , D. Marcos , M. Hafezi , S. Diehl , M. Dalmonte , P. Zoller

The Zeno effect, in which repeated observation freezes the dynamics of a quantum system, stands as an iconic oddity of quantum mechanics. When a measurement is unable to distinguish between states in a subspace, the dynamics within that…

Quantum Zeno dynamics (QZD), which restricts the system's evolution to a protected subspace, provides a promising approach for protecting quantum information from noise. Here, we explore a practical approach to harnessing QZD for robust…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Ran Liu , Xiaodong Yang , Xiang Lv , Xinyue Long , Hongfeng Liu , Dawei Lu , Ying Dong , Jun Li

We investigate the evolution of a quantum system under the influence of sequential measurements. The measurement scheme distinguishes whether or not the system is in a specified state $| {f_n}>$ at the $n^{\rm th}$ step, where $| {f_n}>$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. K. Law

Frequent applications of a mixing quantum operation to a quantum system slow down its time evolution and eventually drive it into the invariant subspace of the named operation. We prove this phenomenon, the quantum Zeno effect, and its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-11 Robert Salzmann

The dynamics of a quantum system undergoing measurements is investigated. Depending on the features of the interaction Hamiltonian, the decay can be slowed (quantum Zeno effect) or accelerated (inverse quantum Zeno effect), by changing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Facchi , S. Pascazio

The evolution of a quantum system is supposed to be impeded by measurement of an involved observable. This effect has been proven indistinguishable from the effect of dephasing the system's wave function, except in an individual quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chr. Balzer , R. Huesmann , W. Neuhauser , P. E. Toschek

Quantum measurements profoundly influence system dynamics. They lead to complex nonequilibrium phenomena like the quantum Zeno effect, and they can be used for mitigating errors in quantum simulations. Such an ability is particularly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Matteo M. Wauters , Edoardo Ballini , Alberto Biella , Philipp Hauke

According to the quantum Zeno effect, the frequent observations of a system can dramatically slow down its dynamical evolution. We show that the Zeno dynamics is the result of projective measurements among quantum states which are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-19 Augusto Smerzi

We theoretically investigate the stochastic dynamics of two qubits subject to one- and two-site correlated continuous weak measurements. When measurements dominate over the local unitary evolution, the system's dynamics is constrained and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Severino Zeni , Gobinda Chakraborty , Alessandro Romito , Alberto Biella

Classical measurements are passive, in the sense that they do not affect the physical properties of the measured system. Normally, quantum measurements are not passive in that sense. In the infinite dimensional Hilbert space, however, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Tajron Jurić , Hrvoje Nikolić

Measurement quantum mechanics, the theory of a quantum system which undergoes a measurement process, is introduced by a loop of mathematical equivalencies connecting previously proposed approaches. The unique phenomenological parameter of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Carlo Presilla , Roberto Onofrio , Ubaldo Tambini

It is generally impossible to probe a quantum system without disturbing it. However, it is possible to exploit the back-action of quantum measurements and strong couplings to tailor and protect the coherent evolution of a quantum system.…