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arxiv: quant-ph/0412068 · v1 · submitted 2004-12-08 · 🪐 quant-ph

Time and Ensemble Averages in Bohmian Mechanics

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We show that in the framework of one-dimensional Bohmian Quantum Mechanics[1], for a particle subject to a potential undergoing a weak adiabatic change, the time averages of the particle's positions typically differ markedly from the ensemble averages. We Apply this result to the case where the weak perturbing potential is the back-action of a measuring device (i.e. a protective measurement). It is shown that under these conditions, most trajectories never cross the position measured (as already shown for a particular example in [3]).

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