https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00092-2
Regular Article
Modelling of weak quantum measurements consistent with conservation laws
1
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
2
Fachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
Received:
19
June
2020
Accepted:
5
January
2021
Published online:
1
June
2021
We discuss quantum mechanical detection models in the weak limit in the context of conservation laws of physical quantities. In particular, we analyze what kind of system–detector interaction can preserve the global conservation or the related symmetry, and how the final measurement on the detector affects the measured observable of the systems and its presumed conservation. It turns out that the order of noncommuting measurements results in observable differences on the level of third-order correlations functions.
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