TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on 'Two-state vector formalism and quantum interference'
AU - Vaidman, L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2018/1/12
Y1 - 2018/1/12
N2 - Hashmi et al (2016 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 49 345302) claimed that the approach to the past of a quantum particle introduced by Vaidman (2013 Phys. Rev. A 87 052104) has difficulties in certain examples and that it can even be refuted. Here I reply to their criticism showing that the approach provides a good explanation for all the examples they considered. It is fully consistent with standard quantum mechanics and provides a useful tool for analyzing interference experiments.
AB - Hashmi et al (2016 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 49 345302) claimed that the approach to the past of a quantum particle introduced by Vaidman (2013 Phys. Rev. A 87 052104) has difficulties in certain examples and that it can even be refuted. Here I reply to their criticism showing that the approach provides a good explanation for all the examples they considered. It is fully consistent with standard quantum mechanics and provides a useful tool for analyzing interference experiments.
KW - nested interferometer
KW - past of a particle
KW - two-state vector formalism
KW - weak measurements
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U2 - 10.1088/1751-8121/aa8d24
DO - 10.1088/1751-8121/aa8d24
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AN - SCOPUS:85040659949
SN - 1751-8113
VL - 51
JO - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
JF - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
IS - 6
M1 - 068002
ER -