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arXiv:1607.07668 · Physical Review A

Breaking the weak Heisenberg limit

Alfredo Luis

Published Mar 13, 2017• 17 citations
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Abstract

We provide a very simple case showing that the weak form of the Heisenberg limit can be beaten while the prior information is improved without bias.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.95.032113

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