Are observables necessarily Hermitian?

DOI10.1007/s40509-016-0098-2zbMath1387.81217arXiv1601.04287MaRDI QIDQ1701535

Peng Zhang

Publication date: 27 February 2018

Published in: Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.04287

zbMATH Keywords

normal operator; quantum measurement; non-Hermitian observable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

47B15: Hermitian and normal operators (spectral measures, functional calculus, etc.)

81Q10: Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis

81P15: Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations

81Q12: Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators