Symplectic group methods and the Arthurs Kelly model of measurement in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2020.126543MaRDI QIDQ2213192zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Arvind, S. Chaturvedi, N. Mukunda

Publication date 30 November 2020

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05301

zbMATH Keywords

Arthurs-Kelly modelsymplective groupsuncertainity relations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: We study the use of methods based on the real symplectic groups $Sp(2n,mathcalR)$ in the analysis of the Arthurs-Kelly model of proposed simultaneous measurements of position and momentum in quantum mechanics. Consistent with the fact that such measurements are in fact not possible, we show that the observable consequences of the Arthurs-Kelly interaction term are contained in the symplectic transformation law connecting the system plus apparatus variance matrices at an initial and a final time. The individual variance matrices are made up of averages and spreads or uncertainties for single hermitian observables one at a time, which are quantum mechanically well defined. The consequences of the multimode symplectic covariant Uncertainty Principle in the Arthurs-Kelly context are examined.

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