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The measurement process in the generalized contexts formalism for quantum histories. (English) Zbl 1333.81019

Summary: In the interpretations of quantum mechanics involving quantum histories there is no collapse postulate and the measurement is considered as a quantum interaction between the measured system and the measured instrument. For two consecutive non ideal measurements on the same system, we prove that both pointer indications at the end of each measurement are compatible properties in our generalized context formalism for quantum histories. Inmediately after the first measurement an effective state for the measured system is deduced from the formalism, generalizing the state that would be obtained by applying the state collapse postulate.

MSC:

81P15 Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations
81P45 Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects)
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