Reply to "Comment on `Weak values and the past of a quantum particle' ''

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07599v2
• Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 04:12:04 GMT
• Title: Reply to "Comment on `Weak values and the past of a quantum particle' ''
• Abstract summary: In his Comment, Vaidman first admits that he is just defining (assuming the weak trace gives the presence of a particle) We show these appeals rely on their own conclusion -- that there is always a matter of fact about the location of a quantum particle.
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• Abstract: We here reply to a recent comment by Vaidman [\href{https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.048001}{Phys. Rev. Res. 5, 048001 (2023)}] on our paper [\href{https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023048}{Phys. Rev. Res. 5, 023048 (2023)}]. In his Comment, Vaidman first admits that he is just defining (assuming) the weak trace gives the presence of a particle -- however, in this case, he should use a term other than presence, as this already has a separate, intuitive meaning other than ``where a weak trace is''. Despite this admission, Vaidman then goes on to argue for this definition by appeal to ideas around an objectively-existing idea of presence. We show these appeals rely on their own conclusion -- that there is always a matter of fact about the location of a quantum particle.

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