Physical Review A

Incomplete ‘‘collapse’’ and partial quantum Zeno effect

Asher Peres, Amiram Ron

Published Nov 1, 1990• 101 citations

Abstract

If the interaction generating a quantum measurement is too weak to completely ''collapse'' the wave function, a partial quantum Zeno effect may result. An experimental test is proposed.Received 4 April 1990DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.42.5720©1990 American Physical Society

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.42.5720

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