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Quantum Measurement Back-Reaction and Induced Toplogical Phases

Y. Aharonov, T. Kaufherr, S. Popescu, B. Reznik

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9708043

Abstract

It is shown that a topological vector-potential (Berry phase) is induced by the act of measuring angular momentum in a direction defined by a reference particle. This vector potential appears as a consequence of the back-reaction due to the quantum measurement.

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