{ "id": "quant-ph/0212165", "version": "v2", "published": "2002-12-31T13:48:40.000Z", "updated": "2004-05-16T13:14:16.000Z", "title": "Qubit versus bit for measuring an integral of a classical field", "authors": [ "Lev Vaidman", "Zion Mitrani" ], "comment": "Significantly revised, to be published in PRL", "journal": "Phys.Rev.Lett. 92 (2004) 217902", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.217902", "categories": [ "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "Methods for measuring an integral of a classical field via local interaction of classical bits or local interaction of qubits passing through the field one at a time are analyzed. A quantum method, which has an exponentially better precision than any classical method we could see, is described.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2004-05-16T13:14:16.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "classical field", "local interaction", "quantum method", "exponentially better precision", "classical method" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 605760 } } }