Partial Wavefunction Collapse Under Repeated Weak Measurement of a non-Conserved Observable

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05226v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:58:38 GMT
• Title: Partial Wavefunction Collapse Under Repeated Weak Measurement of a non-Conserved Observable
• Authors: Carter Swift, Nandini Trivedi,
• Abstract summary: Two hallmarks of quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement are the ensemble-level conservation of the expectation value of the measured observable $A$. We show that under non-QND conditions, QND-like behavior can still arise, but is seen in the behavior of a secondary observable we call $B$.
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• Abstract: Two hallmarks of quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement are the ensemble-level conservation of the expectation value of the measured observable $A$ and the eventual, inevitable collapse of the system into some eigenstate of $A$. This requires that $A$ commutes with $H$, the system's Hamiltonian. In what we term "non-QND" measurement, $A$ does not commute with $H$ and these two characteristics clearly cannot be present as the system's dynamics prevent $\langle A \rangle$ from reaching a stable value. However, in this paper we find that under non-QND conditions, QND-like behavior can still arise, but is seen in the behavior of a secondary observable we call $B$, with the condition that $B$ commutes with both $A$ and $H$. In such cases, the expectation value of $B$ is conserved and the system at least partially collapses with respect to eigenstates of $B$. We show as an example how this surprising result applies to a Heisenberg chain, where we demonstrate that local measurements on a single site can reveal information about the entire system.

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