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The quantum theory of measurement

By Pekka J. Lahti , Paul Busch , Peter Mittelstaedt

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1996
ISBN
9783540613558, 3540613552
LCC
QC39 .B86 1996
Open Library ID
OL988565M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1345760 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Pages
192\192
Library
kolxoz
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The amazing accuracy in verifying quantum effects experimentally has recently renewed interest in quantum mechanical measurement theory. In this book the authors give within the Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics a systematic exposition of the quantum theory of measurement. Their approach includes the concepts of unsharp objectification and of nonunitary transformations needed for a unifying description of various detailed investigations. The book addresses advanced students and researchers in physics and philosophy of science. In this second edition Chaps. II-IV have been substantially rewritten. In particular, an insolubility theorem for the objectification problem has been formulated in full generality, which includes unsharp object observables as well as unsharp pointers.

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