The effects of related experiments

Abstract

The effects of the experiment itself upon the obtained results and, especially, the influence of a large number of experiments are extensively discussed in the literature. We show that the important factor that stands at the basis of these effects is that the involved experiments are related and not independent and detached from each other. This relationship takes, as shown here, different forms for different situations and is found in entirely different physical regimes such as the quantum and classical ones.

27 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. One figure removed. Some former text has been rewritten in compact and clearer way. Also the title changed