Quantum measurement as dissipation in chaotic atomic systems
- 11 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 20 (7) , L437-L441
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/20/7/004
Abstract
It is argued through examples that for quantum non-linear Hamiltonians for atomic systems the main effect of measurement is the introduction of dissipation. In the dissipative case quantum measurements can be performed which lead to no disturbance of the system.Keywords
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