"No Information Without Disturbance": Quantum Limitations of Measurement
Quantum Physics
2011-01-04 v1
Abstract
In this contribution I review rigorous formulations of a variety of limitations of measurability in quantum mechanics. To this end I begin with a brief presentation of the conceptual tools of modern measurement theory. I will make precise the notion that quantum measurements necessarily alter the system under investigation and elucidate its connection with the complementarity and uncertainty principles.
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@article{arxiv.0706.3526,
title = {"No Information Without Disturbance": Quantum Limitations of Measurement},
author = {Paul Busch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3526},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Invited contribution, "Quantum Reality, Relativistic Causality, and Closing the Epistemic Circle: An International Conference in Honour of Abner Shimony", Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, July 18-21, 2006, Editors J. Christian, W.Myrvold, Springer-Verlag, 2008, ISSN: 978-1-4020-9106