QUANTUM ZENO EFFECT - COMMENT

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BALLENTINE, LE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 43卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.43.5165
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The quantum Zeno effect is not a general characteristic of continuous measurements. In a recently reported experiment [Itano et al., Phys. Rev. A 41, 2295 (1990)], the inhibition of atomic excitation and deexcitation is not due to any "collapse of the wave function," but instead is caused by a very strong perturbation due to the optical pulses and the coupling to the radiation field. The experiment should not be cited as providing empirical evidence in favor of the notion of "wave-function collapse."
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