The Quantum Theory of Measurement

2. Auflage 1996. Softcover Nachdruck of the original 2. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-3-662-14104-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 181 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Busch, Paul

Mittelstaedt, Peter

Lahti, Pekka J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basic Features of Quantum Mechanics.- The Quantum Theory of Measurement.- Objectification and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics.- Conclusion.