Research@Quantum

Protective Measurements

• Comment on "Protective Measurements of the Wave Function of a Single Squeezed Harmonic-Oscillator State"
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 55, 1 (1997)

• Protective Measurements of Two-State Vectors
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Experimental Metaphysics - Quantum Mechanical Studies in Honor of Abner Shimony, R.S.Cohen, M. Horne and J. Stachel (eds.), Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Kluwer, 1996)
  quant-ph/9602009

• Protective Measurements
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  in Advances in Quantum Phenomena, D. Greenberger ed., Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 755, 361 (1995)
  hep-th/9411196

• Measurability of the Schrödinger Wave
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  in Nanostructures and Quantum Effects, H. Sakaki and H. Noge (eds.) (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1994), 28

• The Meaning of Protective Measurements
  Yakir Aharonov, Jeeva Anandan and Lev Vaidman
  Found. Phys. 26, 117 (1996)
  hep-th/9408153

• Meaning of the Wave Function
  Y. Aharonov, J. Anandan and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 47, 4616 (1993)

• The Schrödinger Wave is Observable After All!
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Quantum Control and Measurement, H. Ezawa and Y. Murayama (eds.) (Elsevier Publ., Tokyo, 1993), 99
  hep-th/9305001

• Measurement of the Schrödinger Wave of a Single Particle
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Lett. A 178, 38 (1993)
  hep-th/9304147

Two-States Vectors

• Defending Time-Symmetrized Quantum Theory
  Lev Vaidman
  preprint (TAUP 2366-96)
  quant-ph/9609007

• Resolution of a "Retrodiction Paradox"
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  preprint (TAUP 2213-94)
  quant-ph/9501002

• "Elements of Reality" and the Failure of the Product Rule
  L. Vaidman
  in Symposium on the Foundations of Modern Physics, P.J. Lahti, P. Bush, and P. Mittelstaedt (eds.) (World Scientific, Cologne, 1993), 406 (1993)
  hep-th/9310176

• Complete Description of a Quantum System at a Given Time
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Jour. Phys. A 24, 2315 (1991)

• Properties of a Quantum System During the Time Interval Between Two Measurements
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 41, 11 (1990)

• Surprising Quantum Effects
  Y. Aharonov, D. Albert, A. Casher and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Lett. A 124, 199 (1987)

• The Predictability of the Results of Measurements of Noncommuting Variables
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 480, 620 (1986)

• Novel Properties of Preselected and Postselected Ensembles
  Y. Aharonov, D. Albert, A. Casher and L. Vaidman
  Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 480, 417 (1986)

• Time Symmetry in the Quantum Process of Measurement
  Y Aharonov, P.G. Bergman and J.L. Lebowitz
  Phys. Lett. 134B, 1410 (1964)

Weak Measurements

• Emergence of Weak Values
  Lev Vaidman
  in Quantum Interferometry, F. De Martini, G.Denardo, Y. Shih (eds.) (VCH Publishers, Weinheim, 1997), 485
  quant-ph/9607023

• Adiabatic Measurements on Metastable Systems
  Y. Aharonov, S. Massar, S. Popescu, J. Tollaksen and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 983 (1996)
  quant-ph/9602011

• Weak-Measurement Elements of Reality
  Lev Vaidman
  Found. Phys. 26, 895 (1996)
  quant-ph/9601005

• There Is No Classical Analog of a Quantum Time-Translation Machine
  Lev Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 52, 4297 (1995)
  quant-ph/9502004

• Weak Measurements
  Lev Vaidman
  in Advances in Quantum Phenomena, E. Beltrametti and J.M. Levy-Leblond eds., NATO ASI Series B: Physics Vol. 347 (Plenum Press, NY, 1995), 357
  hep-th/9408154

• Negative Kinetic Energy Between Past and Future State Vectors
  Daniel Rohrlich, Yakir Aharonov, Sandu Popescu and Lev Vaidman
  Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 755, 394 (1995)
  cond-mat/9406116

• Measurements, Errors, and Negative Kinetic Energy
  Y. Aharonov, S. Popescu, D. Rohrlich and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 48, 4084 (1993)
  hep-th/9305075

• Measurement of Negative Kinetic Energy of Tunneling Particles
  Y. Aharonov, S. Popescu, D. Rohrlich and L. Vaidman
  Jap. Jour. App. Phys. Series 9, 41 (1993)

• A Quantum Time Machine
  L. Vaidman
  Found. Phys. 21, 947 (1991)

• Complete Description of a Quantum System at a Given Time
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Jour. Phys. A 24, 2315 (1991)

• Superpositions of Time Evolutions of a Quantum System and a Quantum Time-Translation Machine
  Y. Aharonov, J. Anandan, S. Popescu and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2965 (1990)

• Weak Measurement of Photon Polarization
  J.M. Knight and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Lett. A 143, 357 (1990)

• Properties of a Quantum System During the Time Interval Between Two Measurements
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 41, 11 (1990)

• Reply to Leggett and Peres on "How the result..."
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2327 (1989)

• A New Characteristic of a Quantum System Between Two Measurements - a Weak Value
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  in Bell's Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe, M. Kafatos (ed.), 17 (1989)

• How the Result of Measurement of a Component of the Spin of a Spin-1/2 Particle Can Turn Out to Be 100
  Y. Aharonov, D. Albert and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 1351 (1988)

• Surprising Quantum Effects
  Y. Aharonov, D. Albert, A. Casher and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Lett. A 124, 199 (1987)

• How to Ascertain the Values of Sigma_x, Sigma_y, and Sigma_z of a Spin-1/2 Particle
  L. Vaidman, Y. Aharonov and D. Albert
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1385 (1987)

Topological Phases

• AB and Berry Phases for a Quantum Cloud of Charge
  Y. Aharonov, S. Coleman, A.S. Goldhaber, S. Nussinov, S. Popescu, B. Reznik, D. Rohrlich and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 918 (1994)
  hep-th/9312131

• Comment on "New Model of Fractional Spin"
  Y. Aharonov, C.K. Au and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1638 (1991)

• Comment on "The Proposed Aharonov-Casher Effect..."
  Y. Aharonov, P. Pearle and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 37, 4052 (1988)

• Further Discussion of the Role of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory
  Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 130, 1625 (1963)

• Remarks on the Possibility of Quantum Electrodynamics without Potentials
  Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 125, 192 (1962)

• Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory
  Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 115, 485 (1959)

Non-Local Measurements and Causality

[1] L. Landau and R. Peierls
Z. Phys.69, 56 (1931)

[2] Y. Aharonov, D. Z. Albert
Phys. Rev. D, 24, 359 (1981)

[3] Y. Aharonov, D. Z. Albert and L. Vaidman
Phys. Rev. D, 34, 1805 (1986)

[4] S. Popescu and L. Vaidman
Phys. Rev. A, 49, 4331 (1994)

[5] D. Beckman, D. Gottesman, M.A. Nielsen and J. Preskill
Phys. Rev. A, 64, 052309 (2001)

• Instantaneous measurement of non-local variables is possible
  Lev Vaidman
  quant-ph/0111124

• Measurements of semi-local and non-maximally entangled states
  Berry Groisman, Benni Reznik
  quant-ph/0111012

• Nonlocal variables with product states eigenstates
  B. Groisman and L. Vaidman
  quant-ph/0103084
  J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 34, 6881 (2001).

• Methods for reliable teleportation
  Lev Vaidman and Nadav Yoran
  Phys. Rev. A 59, 116 (1999)

• Causality, Memory Erasing and Delayed Choice Experiments
  Y. Aharonov, S. Popsecu and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 52, 4984 (1995)
  quant-ph/9501006

• Nonlocality of a Single Photon Revisited Again
  Lev Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2063 (1995)
  quant-ph/9501003

• Nonlocal Measurements and Teleportation of Quantum States
  L. Vaidman
  in Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics, M. Ferrero and A. van der Merwe (eds.) (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Denver, 1995), 347

• Causality Constraints on Nonlocal Quantum Measurements
  S. Popescu and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 49, 4331 (1994)
  hep-th/9306087

• Measurement of Nonlocal Variables Without Breaking Causality
  L. Vaidman
  in Quantum Coherence and Reality, J. Anandan and J. Safko (eds.) (World Scientific, 1994), 349
  hep-th/9306086

• Lorentz-Invariant "Elements of Reality" and the Joint Measurability of Commuting Observables
  L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3369 (1993)
  hep-th/9305162

• Measurement Process in Relativistic Quantum Theory
  Y. Aharonov, D. Albert and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. D 34, 1805 (1986)

• Further Discussion of Possible Experimental Tests for the Paradox of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen
  D. Bohm and Y. Aharonov
  Nuovo Cimento 17, 964 (1960)

• Discussion of Experimental Proof for the Paradox of Einstein, Rosen, and Podolsky
  D. Bohm and Y. Aharonov
  Phys. Rev. 108, 1070 (1957)

Interaction-Free Measurements

• On the Realization of Interaction-Free Measurements
  L. Vaidman
  Quant. Opt. 6, 119 (1994)

• How to Detect an Excited Atom Without Disturbing It
  L. Vaidman
  Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, D. Han, Y.S. Kim, N.H. Rubin, Y. Shin and W.W. Zachary (eds.), NASA Conf. Publ. 3270, 299 (1994)

• Quantum Mechanical Interaction-Free Measurements
  Avshalom C. Elitzur and Lev Vaidman
  Found. Phys. 23, 987 (1993)
  hep-th/9305002

• Is it Possible to Know About Something Without Ever Interacting With it?
  A. Elitzur and L. Vaidman
  Vist. Astr. 37, 253 (1993)

General Measurements

• Observability of the Sign Change of Spinors under 2Pi Rotations
  Y. Aharonov and L. Susskind
  Phys. Rev. 158, 1237 (1967)

• Charge Superselection Rule
  Y. Aharonov and L. Susskind
  Phys. Rev. 11, 1428 (1967)

• On the Measurement of Velocity of Relativistic Particles
  Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm
  Nuovo Cimento Suppl. (ser 10) 5, 429 (1957)

Quantum Communication, Cryptography and Computation

• Quantum Gambling
  Lior Goldenberg, Lev Vaidman and Stephen Wiesner
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3356 (1999)
  quant-ph/9808001
  
  

• Error Prevention Scheme with Four Particles
  Lev Vaidman, Lior Goldenberg and Stephen Wiesner
  Phys. Rev. A 54, R1745 (1996)
  quant-ph/9603031
  
  

• Reply to Peres on "Quantum Cryptography with Orthogonal States?"
  Lior Goldenberg and Lev Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3265 (1996)
  quant-ph/9604029
  
  

• Quantum Cryptography Based on Orthogonal States
  Lior Goldenberg and Lev Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 1239 (1995)
  quant-ph/9502021
  
  

• Nonlocal Measurements and Teleportation of Quantum States
  L. Vaidman
  in Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics, M. Ferrero and A. van der Merwe (eds.) (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Denver, 1995), 347
  
  
• Teleportation of Quantum States
  L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 49, 1473 (1994)
  hep-th/9305062

The Issue of Time

• There Is No Classical Analog of a Quantum Time-Translation Machine
  Lev Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 52, 4297 (1995)
  quant-ph/9502004

• Minimal Time for the Evolution to an Orthogonal State
  L. Vaidman
  Am. J. Phys. 60, 182 (1992)

• A Quantum Time Machine
  L. Vaidman
  Found. Phys. 21, 947 (1991)

• Superpositions of Time Evolutions of a Quantum System and a Quantum Time-Translation Machine
  Y. Aharonov, J. Anandan, S. Popescu and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2965 (1990)

• Answers of Fock Concerning the Time Energy Indeterminacy Relation
  Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 134B, 1417 (1964)

• Time in the Quantum Theory and the Uncertainty Relation for Time and Energy
  Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 122, 1649 (1961)

Interpretations of Quantum Theory

• On Schizophrenic Experiences of the Neutron or Why We Should Believe in the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Theory
  Lev Vaidman
  Int. Stud. Phil. Sci. 12, 245 (1998)
  quant-ph/9609006

• About Position Measurements Which Do Not Show the Bohmian Particle Position
  Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
  in Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal, J.T. Cushing, A. Fine and S. Goldstein (eds.) (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1996), 141
  quant-ph/9511005

• On the Paradoxical Aspects of New Quantum Experiments
  Lev Vaidman
  Philosophy of Science Association, 218 (1994)

• On Some Speculations About the State Reduction of Photons
  D.Z. Albert and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Lett. A 171, 438 (1992)

• On a Proposed Postulate of State-Reduction
  D. Albert and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Lett. A 139, 1 (1989)

• On a Theory of the Collapse of the Wave Function
  D. Albert and L. Vaidman
  in Bell's Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe, M. Kafatos (ed.), 1 (1989)

Miscelleneous

• Applications of a Simple Quantum Mechanical Formula
  Lior Goldenberg and Lev Vaidman
  Am. J. Phys. 64, 1059 (1996)
  quant-ph/9506030
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• Two Interferometric Complementarities
  G. Jaeger, A. Shimony and L. Vaidman
  Phys. Rev. A 51, 56 (1995)

• Torque and Force on a Magnetic Dipole
  L. Vaidman
  Am. J. Phys. 58, 978 (1990)

• Meaning and Measurability of Nonlocal Quantum States
  L. Vaidman
  in Reality and Quantum Formalism, A. van der Merwe, F. Selleri and G. Tarozzi (eds.) (Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1988), 81

New Papers and Preprints

• Quantum Gambling
  Lior Goldenberg, Lev Vaidman and Stephen Wiesner
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3356 (1999)
  quant-ph/9808001
  

Lecture Notes

• Quantum Information and Computation
  Boris Tsirlson
  Graduate course given at the Faculty of Mathematics, Tel-Aviv University, 1996-1997

Tutorials, Discussions and Views

• The Many Worlds Interpetation of Quantum Theory
  Lev Vaidman

• Topological Effects in Quantum Mechanics
  Daniel Rohrlich