Negative Kinetic Energy Between Past and Future State Vectors
arXiv:cond-mat/9406116 · doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb38982.x
Abstract
An analysis of errors in measurement yields new insight into classically forbidden quantum processes. In addition to "physical" values, a realistic measurement can yield "unphysical" values; we show that in {\it sequences} of measurements, the "unphysical" values can form a consistent pattern. An experiment to isolate a particle in a classically forbidden region obtains a negative value for its kinetic energy. It is the {\it weak value} of kinetic energy between past and future state vectors.
Talk presented at the Conference on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Theory, Baltimore, MD, June 1994, 10 pp, plain TeX