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Article #4602Re: Quantum Zeno Effect, Part 1.
From: Mcirvin
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 14:47
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 14:47
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firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes: >However, as I said, that's a minor point. Your major point is that the >act of observing a system, and finding it seemingly unchanged from a >previous observation, can indeed affect the subsequent behaviour of the >system. In other words, a "null observation" has an effect on the >thing observed. I was under the impression that, if the fields used to do the null observations are included in the model, the Zeno effect shows up without the need to postulate any sort of extra collapse event. Does anybody know specifics? -- Matt McIrvin, posting nonsense again
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc8!mcirvin From: mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Quantum Zeno Effect, Part 1. Message-ID: <mcirvin.718296445@husc8> Date: 5 Oct 92 14:47:25 GMT Article-I.D.: husc8.mcirvin.718296445 References: <1992Oct3.134653.20562@oracorp.com> <1992Oct5.123002.13912@sei.cmu.edu> Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: husc8.harvard.edu