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The classical limit of the quantum zeno effect

Paolo Facchi A, Ro Graffi

Published Aug 15, 2016• 5 citations
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Abstract. The evolution of a quantum system subjected to infinitely many measurements in a finite time interval is confined in a proper subspace of the Hilbert space. This phenomenon is called “quantum Zeno effect”: a particle under intensive observation does not evolve. This effect is at variance with the classical evolution, which obviously is not affected by any observations. By a semiclassical analysis we will show that the quantum Zeno effect vanishes at all orders, when the Planck constant tends to zero, and thus it is a purely quantum phenomenon without classical analog, at the same level of tunneling. PACS numbers: 03.65.Sq, 03.65.Xp ar

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