Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2010-12-09
Phys. Rev. A 83, 042110 (2011)
Physics
Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.83.042110
Ontological theories of quantum mechanics provide a realistic description of single systems by means of well-defined quantities conditioning the measurement outcomes. In order to be complete, they should also fulfil the minimal condition of macroscopic realism. Under the assumption of outcome determinism and for Hilbert space dimension greater than two, they were all proved to be contextual for projective measurements. In the recent years a generalized concept of non-contextuality was introduced that applies also to the case of outcome indeterminism and unsharp measurements. It was pointed out that the Beltrametti-Bugajski model is an example of measurement non-contextual indeterminist theory. Here we provide a simple proof that this model is the only one with such a feature for projective measurements and Hilbert space dimension greater than two. As a corollary, von Neumann measurement non-contextuality implies non-contextuality for unsharp measurements. By noting that the Beltrametti-Bugajski model does not satisfy the condition of macroscopic realism, we arrive at the conclusion that the only way to solve the measurement problem in the framework of an ontological theory is relaxing the hypothesis of non-contextuality in its generalized sense.
Chen Zeqian
Montina Alberto
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