Quantum Measurement, a coherent description
| dc.creator | Janssens, Bas | |
| dc.date | 2005-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:12:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:12:16Z | |
| dc.description | It is widely known that `collapse of the wave function' on a quantum system A may be brought about by an interaction with another quantum system B. We will prove that this is not just a possible, but a necessary consequence of information transfer from A to B. We generalize this in order to explain why coherences are normally not observed in macroscopic quantum systems. Finally, we provide a quantitative insight into the balance between information gain and state disturbance. We define the quality of an information transfer. For all information transfers of a certain quality, we find a minimum amount of state collapse. Along the way, we obtain generalizations of the Joint Measurement Theorem and of the Heisenberg Principle. | |
| dc.description | Master Thesis in Mathematical Physics, 64 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503009 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/92736 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Quantum Measurement, a coherent description | |
| dc.type | text |