POVMs: a small but important step beyond standard quantum mechanics
Quantum Physics
2017-08-23 v1
Abstract
It is the purpose of the present contribution to demonstrate that the generalization of the concept of a quantum mechanical observable from the Hermitian operator of standard quantum mechanics to a positive operator-valued measure is not a peripheral issue, allegedly to be understood in terms of a trivial nonideality of practical measurement procedures, but that this generalization touches the very core of quantum mechanics, viz. complementarity and violation of the Bell inequalities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0608087,
title = {POVMs: a small but important step beyond standard quantum mechanics},
author = {Willem M. de Muynck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0608087},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Contribution to Proceedings of the Workshop `Beyond the quantum', Leiden, May/June 2006