Understanding jumps and spikes in continuous quantum trajectories (A.Tilloy)

On the other hand, it is known since Bohr that a quantum system subjected to successive von Neumann measurements undergoes rare quantum jumps. The objective of this talk is to show how this simple jumpy behavior can be obtained as a Limit of the finer continuous picture and to unravel a genuinely new phenomenon: quantum spikes. After a short reminder of continuous measurement theory, I will explain why continuous quantum trajectories show seemingly discontinuous jumps when the measurement strength is increased and give an idea of the general proof. I will then say a few words about Quantum spikes, sharp scale invariant fluctuations which decorate the jumps even in the infinitely strong measurement limit and which are simply lost in the von Neumann approximation.