Published August 15, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum measurement information as a key to energy extraction from local vacuums

  • 1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 (Japan)

Description

In this paper, a protocol is proposed in which energy extraction from local vacuum states is possible by using quantum measurement information for the vacuum state of quantum fields. In the protocol, Alice, who stays at a spatial point, excites the ground state of the fields by a local measurement. Consequently, wave packets generated by Alice's measurement propagate the vacuum to spatial infinity. Let us assume that Bob stays away from Alice and fails to catch the excitation energy when the wave packets pass in front of him. Next Alice announces her local measurement result to Bob by classical communication. Bob performs a local unitary operation depending on the measurement result. In this process, positive energy is released from the fields to Bob's apparatus of the unitary operation. In the field systems, wave packets are generated with negative energy around Bob's location. Soon afterwards, the negative-energy wave packets begin to chase after the positive-energy wave packets generated by Alice and form loosely bound states.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 045006-045006.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41001866
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUND STATE; EXCITATION; GROUND STATES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM INFORMATION; VACUUM STATES; WAVE PACKETS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION

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