{"article_processing_charge":"No","citation":{"apa":"Hosten, O., &#38; Kwiat, P. (2006). Weak measurements and counterfactual computation. ArXiv.","ista":"Hosten O, Kwiat P. 2006. Weak measurements and counterfactual computation.","chicago":"Hosten, Onur, and Paul Kwiat. “Weak Measurements and Counterfactual Computation.” ArXiv, 2006.","ieee":"O. Hosten and P. Kwiat, “Weak measurements and counterfactual computation.” ArXiv, 2006.","short":"O. Hosten, P. Kwiat, (2006).","ama":"Hosten O, Kwiat P. Weak measurements and counterfactual computation. 2006.","mla":"Hosten, Onur, and Paul Kwiat. <i>Weak Measurements and Counterfactual Computation</i>. ArXiv, 2006."},"date_created":"2018-12-11T11:47:16Z","month":"12","page":"2","year":"2006","publisher":"ArXiv","status":"public","day":"19","external_id":{"arxiv":["0612159"]},"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","date_published":"2006-12-19T00:00:00Z","oa":1,"date_updated":"2020-05-12T08:18:01Z","publist_id":"7240","type":"preprint","extern":"1","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"author":[{"full_name":"Hosten, Onur","first_name":"Onur","orcid":"0000-0002-2031-204X","last_name":"Hosten","id":"4C02D85E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Kwiat, Paul","first_name":"Paul","last_name":"Kwiat"}],"_id":"574","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612159","open_access":"1"}],"title":"Weak measurements and counterfactual computation","publication_status":"published","oa_version":"Preprint","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Vaidman, in a recent article adopts the method of 'quantum weak measurements in pre- and postselected ensembles' to ascertain whether or not the chained-Zeno counterfactual computation scheme proposed by Hosten et al. is counterfactual; which has been the topic of a debate on the definition of counterfactuality. We disagree with his conclusion, which brings up some interesting aspects of quantum weak measurements and some concerns about the way they are interpreted. "}]}