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Measurements, errors, and negative kinetic energy

Y. Aharonov, S. Popescu, D. Rohrlich, L. Vaidman

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9305075

Abstract

An analysis of errors in measurement yields new insight into the penetration of quantum particles into classically forbidden regions. In addition to ``physical" values, realistic measurements yield ``unphysical" values which, we show, can form a consistent pattern. An experiment to isolate a particle in a classically forbidden region obtains negative values for its kinetic energy. These values realize the concept of a weak value, discussed in previous works.

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