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Noise and disturbance in quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2011-01-04 v1

Abstract

The operational meaning of some measures of noise and disturbance in measurements is analyzed and their limitations are pointed out. The cases of minimal noise and least disturbance are characterized.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0312006,
  title  = {Noise and disturbance in quantum mechanics},
  author = {P. Busch and T. Heinonen and P. Lahti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0312006},
  year   = {2011}
}
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