Contexts in quantum measurement theory

DOI10.1007/S10701-019-00235-5zbMATH Open1431.81022arXiv1811.10140OpenAlexW3104381091MaRDI QIDQ2286535FDOQ2286535

Authors: Stan Gudder 

Publication date: 22 January 2020

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: State transformations in quantum mechanics are described by completely positive maps which are constructed from quantum channels. We call a finest sharp quantum channel a context. The result of a measurement depends on the context under which it is performed. Each context provides a viewpoint of the quantum system being measured. This gives only a partial picture of the system which may be distorted and in order to obtain a total accurate picture, various contexts need to be employed. We first discuss some basic definitions and results concerning quantum channels. We briefly describe the relationship between this work and ontological models that form the basis for contextuality studies. We then consider properties of channels and contexts. For example, we show that the set of sharp channels can be given a natural partial order in which contexts are the smallest elements. We also study properties of channel maps. The last section considers mutually unbiased contexts. These are related to mutually unbiased bases which have a large current literature. Finally, we connect them to completely random channel maps.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.10140

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zbMATH Keywords

observablesquantum measurementscontexts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operator spaces and completely bounded maps (46L07) Positive linear operators and order-bounded operators (47B65) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Quantum channels, fidelity (81P47)

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