On the possibility to combine the order effect with sequential reproducibility for quantum measurements

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9932-3zbMATH Open1326.81016arXiv1502.00132OpenAlexW1534638897MaRDI QIDQ892938FDOQ892938

Authors: Irina Basieva, Andrei Khrennikov 

Publication date: 12 November 2015

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

Abstract: In this paper we study the problem of a possibility to use quantum observables to describe a possible combination of the order effect with sequential reproducibility for quantum measurements. By the order effect we mean a dependence of probability distributions (of measurement results) on the order of measurements. We consider two types of the sequential reproducibility: adjacent reproducibility ($A-A$) and separated reproducibility($A-B-A$). The first one is reproducibility with probability 1 of a result of measurement of some observable $A$ measured twice, one $A$ measurement after the other. The second one, $A-B-A$, is reproducibility with probability 1 of a result of $A$ measurement when another quantum observable $B$ is measured between two $A$'s. Heuristically, it is clear that the second type of reproducibility is complementary to the order effect. We show that, surprisingly, for an important class of quantum observables given by positive operator valued measures (POVMs), this may not be the case. The order effect can coexist with a separated reproducibility as well as adjacent reproducibility for both observables $A$ and $B.$ However, the additional constraint in the form of separated reproducibility of the $B-A-B$ type makes this coexistence impossible. Mathematically, this paper is about the operator algebra for effects composing POVMs. The problem under consideration was motivated by attempts to apply the quantum formalism outside of physics, especially, in cognitive psychology and psychophysics. However, it is also important for foundations of quantum physics as a part of the problem about the structure of sequential quantum measurements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.00132

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum-like modelsorder effectrepeatabilityPOVMs in cognitive science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Vector-valued measures and integration (46G10) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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