Objectivity in quantum measurement

DOI10.1007/S10701-018-0169-9zbMATH Open1394.81025arXiv1508.01489OpenAlexW3100206224WikidataQ129816974 ScholiaQ129816974MaRDI QIDQ725545FDOQ725545

D. Kharzeev

Publication date: 1 August 2018

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

Abstract: The objectivity is a basic requirement for the measurements in the classical world, namely, different observers must reach a consensus on their measurement results, so that they believe that the object exists "objectively" since whoever measures it obtains the same result. We find that this simple requirement of objectivity indeed imposes an important constraint upon quantum measurements, i.e., if two or more observers could reach a consensus on their quantum measurement results, their measurement basis must be orthogonal vector sets. This naturally explains why quantum measurements are based on orthogonal vector basis, which is proposed as one of the axioms in textbooks of quantum mechanics. The role of the macroscopicality of the observers in an objective measurement is discussed, which supports the belief that macroscopicality is a characteristic of classicality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.01489

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum measurementobjectivitymany-world interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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