Operational Characterization of Simultaneous Measurements in Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Quantum mechanics predicts the joint probability distribution of the outcomes of simultaneous measurements of commuting observables, but, in the state of the art, has lacked the operational definition of simultaneous measurements. The question is answered as to when the consecutive applications of measuring apparatuses give a simultaneous measurement of their observables. For this purpose, all the possible state reductions caused by measurements of an observable is also characterized by their operations.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9802039,
title = {Operational Characterization of Simultaneous Measurements in Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Masanao Ozawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9802039},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, REVTeX