# Quantum measurement projective?

1. Apr 22, 2008

### neu

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

Have two Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states of qubits A, B, C and
D, E, F as follows:

$$\mid GHZ \rangle_{ABC} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left( \mid 0 \rangle_{A}\mid 0 \rangle_{B}\mid 0 \rangle_{C} + \mid 1 \rangle_{A}\mid 1 \rangle_{B}\mid 1 \rangle_{C}\right)$$

and

$$\mid GHZ \rangle_{DEF} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left( \mid 0 \rangle_{D}\mid 0 \rangle_{E}\mid 0 \rangle_{F} + \mid 1 \rangle_{D}\mid 1 \rangle_{E}\mid 1 \rangle_{F}\right)$$

If you perform a measurement in the Bell basis on the qubits A and D, and obtain
the outcome: $$\mid \Psi^{+} \rangle_{AD} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left(\mid 0 \rangle_{A}\mid 1 \rangle_{D} + \mid 1 \rangle_{A}\mid 0 \rangle_{D}\right)$$

Write down the state to which qubits B, C, D and F are projected?

Attempted Solution

Total state is : $$\mid GHZ \rangle_{ABCDEF}= \mid GHZ \rangle_{ABC} \mid GHZ \rangle_{DEF}$$

Projector operator for measurement of A and D is $$\mid Bell \rangle \langle Bell \mid_{AD}$$

so $$\mid Bell \rangle \langle Bell \mid_{AD} \mid GHZ \rangle_{ABCDEF} = \mid Bell \rangle_{AD} \mid \Psi^{+} \rangle_{AD} \mid \Psi^{+} \rangle_{BCEF}$$; is this right?

Here I get confused. I think the method is simply:

$$\langle \Psi^{+} \mid_{AD}\mid GHZ \rangle_{ABCDEF} = \mid \Psi^{+} \rangle_{BCEF}$$

But if so, why?

Last edited: Apr 22, 2008
2. Apr 23, 2008

### neu

one bump then I'll give up.

I'm still stuck on this one, no takers?