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Problems of Quantum Measurement

Quantum Physics 2007-10-02 v4

Abstract

We derive the probabilities of measurement results from Schroedinger's equation plus a definition of macroscopic as a particular kind of thermodynamic limit. Bohr's insight that a measurement apparatus must be classical in nature and classically describable is made precise in a mathematical sense analogous to the procedures of classical statistical mechanics and the study of Hamiltonian heat baths.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0502124,
  title  = {Problems of Quantum Measurement},
  author = {Joseph F. Johnson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0502124},
  year   = {2007}
}

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