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Information Constraints in Quantum Measurements and State Collapse

Quantum Physics 2025-05-22 v3

Abstract

Quantum-mechanical constraints on information transfer in measuring systems and their influence on measurement results studied. As the example, measurement of binary observable SzS_z of object S\cal S by measuring apparatus A\cal A considered. It's shown that during the measurement these constraints obstacle the acquisition of information by A\cal A, characterizing purity of S\cal S ensemble. Due to it, A\cal A can't discriminate pure and mixed S\cal S ensembles with the same SzS_z expectation value. In algebraic measurement ansatz by Emch such information loss results in stochastic SzS_z measurement outcomes for pure S\cal S ensemble, their probabilities obey to Born postulate, i.e. it corresponds to quantum state collapse. Account of A\cal A state decoherence doesn't change obtained results principally.

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@article{arxiv.1005.3691,
  title  = {Information Constraints in Quantum Measurements and State Collapse},
  author = {S. Mayburov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3691},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages, Submitted to Int. J. Theor. Phys

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