Tight relation between the physical effects of a quantum measurement and the information gained about an observable

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05767v1
• Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:48:24 GMT
• Title: Tight relation between the physical effects of a quantum measurement and the information gained about an observable
• Abstract summary: We show how the probability of an observable physical change can be obtained from the Bayesian update of the probabilities associated with the information obtained in the measurement.<n>Our analysis demonstrates that the superposition principle provides the tightest possible expression of the trade-off between information and back action in a quantum measurement.
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• Abstract: The dynamics of quantum measurements defines a precise relation between the information gained about one physical property of a system and the observable changes in another physical property of the same system. Here, we express this relation in terms of the Hilbert space superpositions of the corresponding eigenstates and show how the probability of an observable physical change can be obtained from the Bayesian update of the probabilities associated with the information obtained in the measurement. Our analysis demonstrates that the superposition principle provides the tightest possible expression of the trade-off between information and back action in a quantum measurement.

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