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Equation 1 · Part 5 · How Fast Can a Horizon Learn Which Path You Took?

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∣Ψ(0)⟩=∣0⟩+∣1⟩2⊗∣hin⟩.|\Psi(0)\rangle= \frac{|0\rangle+|1\rangle}{\sqrt 2}\otimes|h_{\rm in}\rangle .
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Begin with an equal superposition of two localized alternatives, ∣Ψ(0)⟩=∣0⟩+∣1⟩2⊗∣hin⟩|\Psi(0)\rangle= \frac{|0\rangle+|1\rangle}{\sqrt 2}\otimes|h_{\rm in}\rangle . The labels zero and one denote paths, not energy eigenstates. After the system’s long-range field interacts with the inaccessible degrees of freedom, an idealized final pure state has the form

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