On the observables describing a quantum reference frame

DOI10.1063/1.1370395MaRDI QIDQ2774910zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sonia Mazzucchi

Publication date 26 February 2002

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0006060

zbMATH Keywords

positive-operator-valued measuresystems of imprimitivitycovariant measuresPoincaré group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Special relativity (83A05) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

Abstract: A reference frame F is described by the element g of the Poincare' group P which connects F with a given fixed frame F_0. If F is a quantum frame, defined by a physical object following the laws of quantum physics, the parameters of g have to be considered as quantum observables. However, these observables are not compatible and some of them, namely the coordinates of the origin of F, cannot be represented by self-adjoint operators. Both these difficulties can be overcome by considering a positive-operator-valued measure (POVM) on P, covariant with respect to the left translations of the group, namely a covariance system. We develop a construction procedure for this kind of mathematical structure. The formalism is also used to discuss the quantum observables measured with respect to a quantum reference frame.

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