On the notion of coexistence in quantum mechanics

DOI10.2478/S12175-010-0039-1zbMATH Open1249.81001arXiv0905.3222OpenAlexW1982036541WikidataQ59473365 ScholiaQ59473365MaRDI QIDQ3083160FDOQ3083160

P. Busch, Jukka Kiukas, Pekka Lahti

Publication date: 18 March 2011

Published in: Mathematica Slovaca (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The notion coexistence of quantum observables was introduced to describe the possibility of measuring two or more observables together. Here we survey the various different formalisations of this notion and their connections. We review examples illustrating the necessary degrees of unsharpness for two noncommuting observables to be jointly measurable (in one sense of the phrase). We demonstrate the possibility of measuring together (in another sense of the phrase) noncoexistent observables. This leads us to a reconsideration of the connection between joint measurability and noncommutativity of observables and of the statistical and individual aspects of quantum measurements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3222

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zbMATH Keywords

noncommutativityunsharpnessjoint measurabilitycoexistent observables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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