QUANTUM MEASUREMENT BACKREACTION AND INDUCED TOPOLOGICAL PHASES

Authors
AHARONOV Y KAUFHERR T POPESCU S REZNIK B
Citation
Y. Aharonov et al., QUANTUM MEASUREMENT BACKREACTION AND INDUCED TOPOLOGICAL PHASES, Physical review letters, 80(10), 1998, pp. 2023-2026
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2023 - 2026
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:10<2023:QMBAIT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
It is shown that a topological vector potential (Berry phase) is induc ed by the act of measuring angular momentum in a direction defined by a reference particle. This vector potential appears as a consequence o f the backreaction due to the quantum measurement.