On the measurement problem for a two-level quantum system

DOI10.1007/S10701-006-9093-5zbMATH Open1113.81012arXiv0704.1934OpenAlexW2093607359MaRDI QIDQ878417FDOQ878417

Authors: A. A. Kryukov 

Publication date: 26 April 2007

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

Abstract: A geometric approach to quantum mechanics with unitary evolution and non-unitary collapse processes is developed. In this approach the Schrodinger evolution of a quantum system is a geodesic motion on the space of states of the system furnished with an appropriate Riemannian metric. The measuring device is modeled by a perturbation of the metric. The process of measurement is identified with a geodesic motion of state of the system in the perturbed metric. Under the assumption of random fluctuations of the perturbed metric, the Born rule for probabilities of collapse is derived. The approach is applied to a two-level quantum system to obtain a simple geometric interpretation of quantum commutators, the uncertainty principle and Planck's constant. In light of this, a lucid analysis of the double-slit experiment with collapse and an experiment on a pair of entangled particles is presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1934

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zbMATH Keywords

Born ruleEPR-paradoxmeasurement problemBerry's phase

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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