Published March 2002 | Version v1
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Creators

  • 1. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192 (United States)
  • 3. Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)

Description

We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a group of density matrices to characterize what different people may know about one and the same physical system

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.032315;
arXiv
arXiv:quant-ph/0109041v2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 032315-032315.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36027715
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; ALLOCATIONS; DENSITY MATRIX; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VARIATIONS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS; MATRICES; MECHANICS

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Notes
(c) 2002 The American Physical Society