Protective Measurement and Quantum Reality (eBook, PDF)

Towards a New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics
Redaktion: Gao, Shan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Protective measurements offer an intriguing method for measuring the wave function of a single quantum system. With contributions from leading physicists and philosophers of physics - including two of the original discoverers of this important method - this book explores the concept of protective measurement, investigating its broad applications and deep implications. Addressing both physical and philosophical aspects, it covers a diverse range of topics, including experimental possibility of protective measurements, connections with the PBR theorem, and the implications of protective measurements for understanding the nature of quantum reality. Including a clear and concise introduction to standard quantum mechanics, conventional measurements, and the fundamentals of protective measurements, this is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers interested in the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316191439
• Artikelnr.: 46911433

Inhaltsangabe

1. Protective measurements: an introduction Shan Gao; Part I. Fundamentals
and Applications: 2. Protective measurements of the wave function of a
single system Lev Vaidman; 3. Protective measurement, postselection and the
Heisenberg representation Yakir Aharonov and Eliahu Cohen; 4. Protective
and state measurement: a review Gennaro Auletta; 5. Determination of the
stationary basis from protective measurement on a single system Lajos
Diósi; 6. Weak measurements, the energy-momentum tensor and the Bohm
approach Robert Flack and Basil J. Hiley; Part II. Meanings and
Implications: 7. Measurement and metaphysics Peter J. Lewis; 8. Protective
measurements and the explanatory gambit Michael Dickson; 9. Realism and
instrumentalism about the wave function: how should we choose? Mauro Dorato
and Frederico Laudisa; 10. Protective measurements and the PBR theorem Guy
Hetzroni and Daniel Rohrlich; 11. The roads not taken: empty waves,
waveform collapse and protective measurement in quantum theory Peter
Holland; 12. Implications of protective measurements on de Broglie-Bohm
trajectories Aurelien Drezet; 13. Entanglement, scaling, and the meaning of
the wave function in protective measurement Maximilian Schlosshauer and
Tangereen V. B. Claringbold; 14. Protective measurements and the nature of
the wave function within the primitive ontology approach Vincent Lam; 15.
Reality and meaning of the wave function Shan Gao; Index.