From each of Feynman's and von Neumann's postulates to the restricted Feynman path integrals: a mathematical theory of temporally continuous quantum measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13972v1
• Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:34:59 GMT
• Title: From each of Feynman's and von Neumann's postulates to the restricted Feynman path integrals: a mathematical theory of temporally continuous quantum measurements
• Authors: Wataru Ichinose
• Abstract summary: We prove Mensky's restricted Feynman path integrals emerge out of the Feynman's postulate under a simple approximation. It is also proved that the restricted Feynman path integrals emerge out of von Neumann's postulate on instantaneous measurements. Results are applied to formulations of the multi-split experiments, the quantum Zeno and the Aharanov-Bohm effects.
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• Abstract: Feynman proposed a postulate or a method of quantization in his celebrated paper in 1948. Applying Feynman's postulate to temporally continuous quantum measurements of the positions of particles, Mensky proposed the restricted Feynman path integrals for continuous quantum measurements after phenomenological considerations. Our aim in the present paper is to give a rigorous proof that Mensky's restricted Feynman path integrals emerge out of the Feynman's postulate under a simple approximation. In addition, it is proved that the restricted Feynman path integrals emerge out of von Neumann's postulate on instantaneous measurements as well as Feynman's postulate. The quantum systems that we study include spin systems. These results are applied to formulations of the multi-split experiments, the quantum Zeno and the Aharanov-Bohm effects.

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