Published February 9, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Intrinsic unsharpness and approximate repeatability of quantum measurements

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku (Finland)

Description

The intrinsic unsharpness of a quantum observable is studied by introducing the notion of resolution width. This quantification of accuracy is shown to be closely connected with the possibility of making approximately repeatable measurements. As a case study, the intrinsic unsharpness and approximate repeatability of position and momentum measurements are examined in detail

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/40/6/008;
PII
S1751-8113(07)37089-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1303-1323
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38072711
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
APPROXIMATIONS; MEASURE THEORY; MEASURING METHODS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS