Enhancement of superluminal weak values under Lorentz boost
Abstract
The local group velocity defined as the weak value of the velocity operator in (1 + 1)-dimensional Klein-Gordon and Dirac theory is studied. As shown by Berry [J. Phys. A 45, 185308 (2012)], when the pre- and post-selected states for evaluating the weak value are chosen at random from an ensemble of available states, it gives rise to a universal probability distribution for the local group velocity which can have both subluminal and superluminal components. In this work, we explore the possibility of enhancement of the superluminal fraction of this total probability distribution by applying a Lorentz boost and show that it can indeed be enhanced both in the case of Klein-Gordon and Dirac theories.
- Publication:
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Modern Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- November 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S021773232050279X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.10029
- Bibcode:
- 2020MPLA...3550279S
- Keywords:
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- Superluminal;
- weak values;
- weak measurement;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- To appear in Modern Physics Letters A. This version includes a semi-analytic understanding of the enhancement due to boost