What happens to qubits if Swap Test fails?

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Suppose the target qubits were |A> and |B>, and they are not equal. After the swap test do they both become the mixed state:

[tex]0.5\left| A\right>\left< A\right| + 0.5\left| B\right>\left< B\right|[/tex]

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