{
  "id": "quant-ph/0108040",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-08-08T17:53:26.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-08-08T17:53:26.000Z",
  "title": "Evolution of an Atom Impeded by Measurement: The Quantum Zeno Effect",
  "authors": [
    "Chr. Wunderlich",
    "Chr. Balzer",
    "P. E. Toschek"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 5 figures. Presented at the 3rd Workshop on Mysteries, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics, Gargagno, Italy, September 17-23, 2000",
  "journal": "Z. Naturforsch. 56a, 160-164 (2001)",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "A quantum system being observed evolves more slowly. This `'quantum Zeno effect'' is reviewed with respect to a previous attempt of demonstration, and to subsequent criticism of the significance of the findings. A recent experiment on an {\\it individual} cold trapped ion has been capable of revealing the micro-state of this quantum system, such that the effect of measurement is indeed discriminated from dephasing of the quantum state by either the meter or the environment.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-08-08T17:53:26.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum zeno effect",
      "measurement",
      "quantum system",
      "subsequent criticism"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1515/zna-2001-0125",
      "journal": "Zeitschrift Naturforschung Teil A",
      "year": 2001,
      "month": "Feb",
      "volume": 56,
      "pages": 160
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2001ZNatA..56..160W"
    }
  }
}