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Physics Letters A

Infinitely frequent measurements and quantum Zeno effect

Z. Hradil, Hiromichi Nakazato, Mikio Namiki, Saverio Pascazio, Helmut Rauch

Published Mar 1, 1998• 24 citations
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10.1016/s0375-9601(97)00860-8

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The quantum Zeno effect--suppression of decay by frequent measurements--was believed to occur only when the response of the detector is so quick that the initial tiny deviation from the exponential decay law is detectable. However, we show that it can occur even for exactly exponentially decaying systems, for which this condition is never satisfied, by considering a realistic case where the detector has a finite energy band of detection. The conventional theories correspond to the limit of an infinite bandwidth. This implies that the Zeno effect occurs more widely than expected thus far.