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Main Authors: Goldstein, Sheldon, Tumulka, Roderich, Zanghì, Nino
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11835
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author Goldstein, Sheldon
Tumulka, Roderich
Zanghì, Nino
author_facet Goldstein, Sheldon
Tumulka, Roderich
Zanghì, Nino
contents According to a well-known principle of quantum physics, the statistics of the outcomes of any quantum experiment are governed by a Positive Operator-Valued Measure (POVM). In particular, for experiments designed to measure a specific physical quantity, like the time of a particle's first arrival at a surface, this principle establishes that if the probability distribution of that quantity does not arise from a POVM, no such experiment exists. Such is the case with the arrival time distributions proposed by Das and Dürr [arXiv:1802.07141], due to the nature of their spin dependence.
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spellingShingle On the Spin Dependence of Detection Times and the Nonmeasurability of Arrival Times
Goldstein, Sheldon
Tumulka, Roderich
Zanghì, Nino
Quantum Physics
According to a well-known principle of quantum physics, the statistics of the outcomes of any quantum experiment are governed by a Positive Operator-Valued Measure (POVM). In particular, for experiments designed to measure a specific physical quantity, like the time of a particle's first arrival at a surface, this principle establishes that if the probability distribution of that quantity does not arise from a POVM, no such experiment exists. Such is the case with the arrival time distributions proposed by Das and Dürr [arXiv:1802.07141], due to the nature of their spin dependence.
title On the Spin Dependence of Detection Times and the Nonmeasurability of Arrival Times
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11835