On the Aharonov-Anandan Experiment

dc.creatorRovelli, Carlo
dc.date1993-04-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:19:23Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:19:23Z
dc.descriptionAn experiment that would measure non--commuting quantum mechanical observables without collapsing the wave function has been recently proposed by Y Aharonov and J Anandan. These authors argue that this "protected measurement" may give indication on "the reality of the wave function". We argue that, depending of the precise version of the experiment considered, either the author's prediction is incorrect and the wave function does collapse, or the measurement is not a measurement on a quantum system. In either case, the experiment does not provide a way for measuring non--commuting observables without collapse, and it does not bear on the issue of the "reality of the wave function".
dc.description9 pages, LaTeX, preprint pitt-gr-3-93
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9304126
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9304126
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/53531
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleOn the Aharonov-Anandan Experiment
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