arXiv:quant-ph/0202174

QUANTUM ZENO EFFECT, ADIABATICITY AND DYNAMICAL SUPERSELECTION RULES

PAOLO FACCHI

Published Feb 1, 2003• 2 citations

Abstract

The evolution of a quantum system undergoing very frequent measurements takes place in a proper subspace of the total Hilbert space (quantum Zeno effect). When the measuring apparatus is included in the quantum description, the Zeno effect becomes a pure consequence of the dynamics. We show that for continuous measurement processes the quantum Zeno evolution derives from an adiabatic theorem. The system is forced to evolve in a set of orthogonal subspaces of the total Hilbert space and a dynamical superselection rule arises. The dynamical properties of this evolution are investigated and several examples are considered.

DOI: 10.1142/9789812704412_0012

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