Comment on 'Impossibility of distant indirect measurement of the quantum Zeno effect'

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.046101· OSTI ID:20718835

Wallentowitz, S ^[1]; Toschek, P E ^[2]

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1. Facultad de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22 (Chile)
2. Institut fuer Laser-Physik, Universitaet Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg (Germany)

In the paper by Hotta and Morikawa [Phys. Rev. A 69, 052114 (2004)] the nonexistence of the quantum Zeno effect caused by indirect measurements has been claimed. It is shown here that the pertinent proof is incorrect and that the claim is unfounded.

• OSTI ID: 20718835
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 72; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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