Repeated projective-measurement survival probability
ID: repeated-projective-measurement-survival-probability
For a normalized quantum state and a time-independent Hamiltonian operator , consider ideal projective measurements of the orthogonal projection at intervals . Write . A successful check leaves the post-measurement state up to global phase. Thus each successive success, conditional on earlier successes, has conditional probability , and multiplication gives the displayed formula. Equivalently,This is the probability of the entire sequence of successful checks. It underlies the quantum Zeno effect.
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