On the Interpretative Essence of the Term “Interaction-Free Measurement”: The Role of Entanglement

2008/02/29 by R. M. Angelo
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #EPR paradox #Epistemology #Interpretation (philosophy) #Interpretations of quantum mechanics #Philosophy #Philosophy of science #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum dynamics #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Quantum process #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Term (time) #Theoretical physics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10701-008-9263-8

accepted in Found. Phys

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Abstract

The polemical term "interaction-free measurement" (IFM) is analyzed in its interpretative nature. Two seminal works proposing the term are revisited and their underlying interpretations are assessed. The role played by nonlocal quantum correlations (entanglement) is formally discussed and some controversial conceptions in the original treatments are identified. As a result the term IFM is shown to be consistent neither with the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics nor with the lessons provided by the EPR debate.

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