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A generic model for quantum measurements

Quantum Physics 2022-01-04 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

In previous articles we presented a derivation of Born's rule and unitary transforms in Quantum Mechanics (QM), from a simple set of axioms built upon a physical phenomenology of quantization. Physically, the structure of QM results of an interplay between the quantized number of "modalities" accessible to a quantum system, and the continuum of "contexts" required to define these modalities. In the present article we provide a unified picture of quantum measurements within our approach, and justify further the role of the system-context dichotomy, and of quantum interferences. We also discuss links with stochastic quantum thermodynamics, and with algebraic quantum theory.

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@article{arxiv.1907.11261,
  title  = {A generic model for quantum measurements},
  author = {Alexia Auffèves and Philippe Grangier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.11261},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

8 pages, 2 figures, submitted following the Vaxjo 2019 conference "Quantum Information Revolution: Impact to Foundations"

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