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What really matters in Hilbert-space stochastic processes

Quantum Physics 2017-02-16 v1

Abstract

The relationship between discontinuous and continuous stochastic processes in Hilbert space is investigated. It is shown that for any continuos process there is a parent discontinuous process, that becomes the continuous one in the proper infinite frequency limit. From the point of view of solving the quantum measurement problem, what really matters is the choice of the set of operators whose value distributions are made sharp. In particular, the key role of position sharping is emphasized.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1702.04524,
  title  = {What really matters in Hilbert-space stochastic processes},
  author = {Giancarlo Ghirardi and Oreste Nicrosini and Alberto Rimini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.04524},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

8 pages. To be published in Shan Gao (ed.), "Collapse of the Wave Function", Cambridge University Press

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