Towards a dynamical theory of observation

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2009.0604MaRDI QIDQ2997315zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors George Jaroszkiewicz

Publication date 6 May 2011

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3051, http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/vol466/issue2124/

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsobserverscontextualityqubitsregisters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: We introduce a model of classical and quantum observation based on contextuality and dynamically evolving apparatus. Power sets of classical bits model the four classical states of elementary detectors, viz. the two normal yes/no signal states, the faulty or decommissioned state and the non-existence state. Operators over power set registers are used to describe various physical scenarios such as the construction and decommissioning of physical devices in otherwise empty laboratories, the dynamics of signal states over those detectors, the extraction of information from those states, and multiple observers. We apply our quantum formalism to the Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-tester experiment and the Hardy paradox experiment.

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