Interaction-free measurement
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In physics, interaction-free measurement is a type of measurement in quantum mechanics that detects the position or state of an object without an interaction occurring between it and the measuring device. Examples include the Renninger negative-result experiment, the Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem, and certain double-cavity optical systems.
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- Mauritius Renninger, Messungen ohne Storung des Messobjekts (Observations without disturbing the object), (1960) Zeitschrift für Physik, 158 pp 417-421.
- Mauritius Renninger, (1953) Zeitschrift für Physik, 136 p 251
- Louis de Broglie, The Current Interpretation of Wave Mechanics, (1964) Elsevier, Amsterdam. (Provides discussion of the Renninger experiment.)
- Robert H. Dicke, (1981) American J. Physics 49 p 925. (Provides a recent discussion of the Renninger experiment).
- John G. Cramer, The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, (1986) Reviews of Modern Physics, 58, pp.647-688. (Section 4.1 reviews Renninger's experiment).
- A. C. Elitzur and L. Vaidman, "Quantum mechanical interaction-free measurements". Foundations of Physics 23 (1993), 987-97.
- Roger Penrose, (2004). The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of Physics. Jonathan Cape, London.
- A.G. White, J.R. Mitchell, O. Nairz, and P.G. Kwiat, "'Interaction-free' imaging," Physical Review A 58, (1998) 605.
- P.G. Kwiat, H. Weinfurter, T. Herzog, A. Zeilinger, and M.A. Kasevich, "Interaction-free measurement," Physical Review Letters 74, (1995) 4763.
- P.G. Kwiat, The Tao of Quantum Interrogation, (2001)
