Quantum and classical descriptions of a measuring apparatus

Details Quantum and classical descriptions of a measuring apparatus Quantum and classical descriptions of a measuring apparatus

1997-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9712044v1

Phys.Rev. A58 (1998) 116

Physics

Quantum Physics

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.58.116

A measuring apparatus is described by quantum mechanics while it interacts with the quantum system under observation, and then it must be given a classical description so that the result of the measurement appears as objective reality. Alternatively, the apparatus may always be treated by quantum mechanics, and be measured by a second apparatus which has such a dual description. This article examines whether these two different descriptions are mutually consistent. It is shown that if the dynamical variable used in the first apparatus is represented by an operator of the Weyl-Wigner type (for example, if it is a linear coordinate), then the conversion from quantum to classical terminology does not affect the final result. However, if the first apparatus encodes the measurement in a different type of operator (e.g., the phase operator), the two methods of calculation may give different results.

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