Published December 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Suppression of Zeno effect for distant detectors

  • 1. Departamento de Quimica-Fisica, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica Basica, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)

Description

We describe the influence of continuous measurement in a decaying system and the role of the distance from the detector to the initial location of the system. The detector is modeled first by a step absorbing potential. For a close and strong detector, the decay rate of the system is reduced; weaker detectors do not modify the exponential decay rate but suppress the long-time deviations above a coupling threshold. Nevertheless, these perturbing effects of measurement disappear by increasing the distance between the initial state and the detector, as well as by improving the efficiency of the detector

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 062102-062102.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39006239
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DECAY; DISTANCE; EFFICIENCY; INHIBITION; POTENTIALS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS
Descriptors DEC
DETECTION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

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