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Continuous quantum measurement and It\^o formalism

Quantum Physics 2019-01-01 v1

Abstract

A new quantum-stochastic differential calculus is derived for representing continuous quantum measurement of the position operator. Closed nonlinear quantum-stochastic differential equation is given for the quantum state of the observed particle. Possible physical realization of continuous position measurement is constructed.

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@article{arxiv.1812.11591,
  title  = {Continuous quantum measurement and It\^o formalism},
  author = {Lajos Diósi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.11591},
  year   = {2019}
}

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14pp, What's now called Stochastic Master Equation of quantum monitoring

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