Epistemically restricted phase space representation, weak momentum value, and reconstruction of quantum wave function

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.06991v1
• Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 07:09:26 GMT
• Title: Epistemically restricted phase space representation, weak momentum value, and reconstruction of quantum wave function
• Authors: Agung Budiyono
• Abstract summary: We show that the epistemically restricted phase space (ERPS) distribution can be determined via weak measurement of momentum followed by post-selection on position. The ERPS representation thus provides a transparent and rich framework to study the deep conceptual links between quantum uncertainty embodied in epistemic restriction, quantum wave function, and weak momentum measurement with position post-selection.
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• Abstract: A phase space distribution associated with a quantum state was previously proposed, which incorporates a specific epistemic restriction parameterized by a global random variable on the order of Planck constant, transparently manifesting quantum uncertainty in phase space. Here we show that the epistemically restricted phase space (ERPS) distribution can be determined via weak measurement of momentum followed by post-selection on position. In the ERPS representation, the phase and amplitude of the wave function are neatly captured respectively by the position-dependent (conditional) average and variance of the epistemically restricted momentum fluctuation. They are in turn respectively determined by the real and imaginary parts of the weak momentum value, permitting a reconstruction of wave function using weak momentum value measurement, and an interpretation of momentum weak value in term of epistemically restricted momentum fluctuations. The ERPS representation thus provides a transparent and rich framework to study the deep conceptual links between quantum uncertainty embodied in epistemic restriction, quantum wave function, and weak momentum measurement with position post-selection, which may offer useful insight to better understand their meaning.

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