Indistinguishability and improper mixtures
| dc.creator | Kirkpatrick, K. A. | |
| dc.date | 2001-09-27 | |
| dc.date | 2001-10-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:02:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:02:45Z | |
| dc.description | All quantum mixtures are what d'Espagnat has termed "improper." His "proper" mixture cannot be created -- if welcher weg, or distinguishing, information exists, an improper mixture results, while in the absence of such information, the resulting "mixture" is a pure state. D'Espagnat has claimed that an interpretation of the improper mixture in terms of subensembles leads to logical inconsistency; this claim is shown to be incorrect, as d'Espagnat's argument fails to account for the indistinguishability of the pure-state subensembles. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages. v2: Improved introduction and presentation of theorem of section 5; other small corrections; theorem nicknames changed | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0109146 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0109146 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/89726 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Indistinguishability and improper mixtures | |
| dc.type | text |