nLab Yakir Aharonov

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Selected writings

Introducing discussion of what came to be known as the Aharonov-Bohm effect:

• Yakir Aharonov, David Bohm, Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory, Phys. Rev. 115 (1959) 485 [doi:10.1103/PhysRev.115.485, pdf]

On (pre- and) postselection of quantum states in the context of a notion of “weak” quantum measurement:

• Yakir Aharonov, David Z. Albert, Lev Vaidman: How the result of a measurement of a component of the spin of a spin-$1/2$ particle can turn out to be $100$, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 1351 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.1351]

• Yakir Aharonov, Lev Vaidman: Complete description of a quantum system at a given time, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 24 (1991) 2315 [doi:10.1088/0305-4470/24/10/018]

• Yakir Aharonov, Lev Vaidman: The Two-State Vector Formalism of Qauntum Mechanics: an Updated Review [arXiv:quant-ph/0105101]

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