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A time-symmetric formulation of quantum mechanics

Yakir Aharonov, Sandu Popescu, Jeff Tollaksen

Physics Today · 2010 · 223 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Quantum mechanics allows one to independently select both the initial and final states of a single system. Such pre- and postselection reveals novel effects that challenge our ideas about what time is and how it flows.

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How the result of a measurement of a component of the spin of a spin-<i>1/2</i>particle can turn out to be 100

Yakir Aharonov, David Z. Albert, Lev Vaidman · Physical Review Letters · 1988 · 2.6K citations

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Observation of the Spin Hall Effect of Light via Weak Measurements

Onur Hosten, Paul G. Kwiat · Science · 2008 · 2K citations

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Properties of a quantum system during the time interval between two measurements

Yakir Aharonov, Lev Vaidman · Physical Review A · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Time Symmetry in the Quantum Process of Measurement

Yakir Aharonov, Peter G. Bergmann, Joel L. Lebowitz · Physical Review · 1964 · 925 citations

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Ultrasensitive Beam Deflection Measurement via Interferometric Weak Value Amplification

P. Ben Dixon, David J. Starling, Andrew N. Jordan et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2009 · 774 citations · Full text

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