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arxiv: cond-mat/9406116 · v1 · submitted 1994-06-29 · ❄️ cond-mat · quant-ph

Negative Kinetic Energy Between Past and Future State Vectors

classification ❄️ cond-mat quant-ph
keywords energykineticvaluesclassicallyforbiddenfuturemeasurementnegative
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An analysis of errors in measurement yields new insight into classically forbidden quantum processes. In addition to "physical" values, a realistic measurement can yield "unphysical" values; we show that in {\it sequences} of measurements, the "unphysical" values can form a consistent pattern. An experiment to isolate a particle in a classically forbidden region obtains a negative value for its kinetic energy. It is the {\it weak value} of kinetic energy between past and future state vectors.

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