Dynamical analysis of seemingly interaction-free measurements
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 58 (2) , 836-839
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.58.836
Abstract
A full quantum analysis of efficient interaction-free measurements is presented. It is shown that it is possible to describe consistently the phenomenon in terms of an effective interaction between object and apparatus that disturbs measurable quantities of the observed system.
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