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Operational Quantum Physics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs (LNPMGR, volume 31)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-4
  2. Introduction

    Pages 5-18
  3. Theory

    Pages 19-48
  4. Observables

    Pages 49-94
  5. Measurements

    Pages 95-115
  6. Uncertainty

    Pages 117-143
  7. Phase Space

    Pages 145-163
  8. Experiments

    Pages 165-212
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 213-230

About this book

Operational Quantum Physics offers a systematic presentation of quantum mechanics which makes exhaustive use of the full probabilistic structure of this theory. Accordingly the notion of an observable as a positive operator valued (POV) measure is explained in great detail, and the ensuing quantum measurement theory is developed and applied both to a resolution of long-standing conceptual and interpretational puzzles in the foundations of quantum mechanics, and to an analysis of various recent fundamental experiments.
The book, or different parts of it, may be of interest to advanced students or researchers in quantum physics, to philosophers of physics, and to mathematicians working in operator valued measures.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Paul Busch

  • Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK

    Paul Busch

  • Institute of Physics and Institute of Philosophy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

    Marian Grabowski

  • Department of Physics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Pekka J. Lahti

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