Quantum Dynamics under continuous projective measurements: non-Hermitian description and the continuous space limit
arXiv:2012.01196 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.103.032221
Abstract
The problem of the time of arrival of a quantum system in a specified state is considered in the framework of the repeated measurement protocol and in particular the limit of continuous measurements is discussed. It is shown that for a particular choice of system-detector coupling, the Zeno effect is avoided and the system can be described effectively by a non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian. As a specific example we consider the evolution of a quantum particle on a one-dimensional lattice that is subjected to position measurements at a specific site. By solving the corresponding non-Hermitian wave function evolution equation, we present analytic closed-form results on the survival probability and the first arrival time distribution. Finally we discuss the limit of vanishing lattice spacing and show that this leads to a continuum description where the particle evolves via the free Schrodinger equation with complex Robin boundary conditions at the detector site. Several interesting physical results for this dynamics are presented.
30 pages, 5 figures
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