{
  "id": "1403.2362",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2014-03-10T19:39:42.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-09-18T17:42:29.000Z",
  "title": "How the result of a single coin toss can turn out to be 100 heads",
  "authors": [
    "Christopher Ferrie",
    "Joshua Combes"
  ],
  "comment": "published version",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 120404 (2014)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.120404",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that the phenomenon of anomalous weak values is not limited to quantum theory. In particular, we show that the same features occur in a simple model of a coin subject to a form of classical backaction with pre- and post-selection. This provides evidence that weak values are not inherently quantum, but rather a purely statistical feature of pre- and post-selection with disturbance.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2014-03-18T16:22:29.000Z",
      "comment": "v2: added references, fixed a minor technical problem",
      "journal": null,
      "doi": null
    },
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2014-09-18T17:42:29.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "03.65.Ta",
      "02.50.Cw",
      "03.67.-a"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "single coin toss",
      "quantum theory",
      "anomalous weak values",
      "features occur",
      "simple model"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2014,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 113,
      "number": 12,
      "pages": 120404
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2014PhRvL.113l0404F"
    }
  }
}