Quantum mechanics and imprecise probability

DOI10.1007/S10955-008-9530-2MaRDI QIDQ937109zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bruno Galvan

Publication date 20 August 2008

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3000

zbMATH Keywords

imprecise probabilityquantum foundationsquantum mechanicsquantum probabilityrandomnesstypicality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of probability theory (60A99) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)

Abstract: An extension of the Born rule, the {it quantum typicality rule}, has recently been proposed [B. Galvan: Found. Phys. 37, 1540-1562 (2007)]. Roughly speaking, this rule states that if the wave function of a particle is split into non-overlapping wave packets, the particle stays approximately inside the support of one of the wave packets, without jumping to the others. In this paper a formal definition of this rule is given in terms of {it imprecise probability}. An imprecise probability space is a measurable space $(Omega,calA)$ endowed with a {it set} of probability measures $calP$. The quantum formalism and the quantum typicality rule allow us to define a set of probabilities ${calP}_{P}si$ on $(X^T,calF)$, where $X$ is the configuration space of a quantum system, $T$ is a time interval and $calF$ is the $sigma$-algebra generated by the cylinder sets. Thus, it is proposed that a quantum system can be represented as the {it imprecise stochastic process} $(X^T,calF,{calP}_{P}si)$, which is a canonical stochastic process in which the single probability measure is replaced by a set of measures. It is argued that this mathematical model, when used to represent macroscopic systems, has sufficient predictive power to explain both the results of the statistical experiments and the quasi-classical structure of the macroscopic evolution.

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