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Probabilistic and Statistical Aspects of Quantum Theory

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ISBN-10: 8876423753

ISBN-13: 9788876423758

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alexander S. Holevo

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This book is devoted to aspects of the foundations of quantum mechanics in which probabilistic and statistical concepts play an essential role. The main part of the book concerns the quantitative statistical theory of quantum measurement, based on the notion of positive operator-valued measures. During the past years there has been substantial progress in this direction, stimulated to a great extent by new applications such as Quantum Optics, Quantum Communication and high-precision experiments. The questions of statistical interpretation, quantum symmetries, theory of canonical commutation relations and Gaussian states, uncertainty relations as well as new fundamental bounds concerning the…    
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Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Scuola Normale Superiore
Publication date: 3/24/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Foreword to the second English edition
Preface to the second Russian edition
Preface
Statistical models
States and measurements
Some facts about convex sets
Definition of a statistical model
The classical statistical model
Reduction of statistical model. Classical model with a restricted class of measurements
The statistical model of quantum mechanics
On the problem of "hidden variables"
Comments
Mathematics of quantum theory
Operators in a Hilbert space
Quantum states and measurements
Spectral representation of bounded operators
Spectral representation of unbounded operators
On realization of measurement
Uncertainty relations and compatibility
Trace-class operators and Hilbert-Schmidt operators
L2 spaces associated with a quantum state
Uncertainty relations for measurements with finite second moments
Matrix representation of square-summable operators. The commutation operator of a state
Comments
Symmetry groups in quantum mechanics
Statistical model and Galilean relativity
One-parameter shift groups and uncertainty relations
Kinematics of a quantum particle in one dimension
Uniqueness theorem. The Schrodinger and the momentum representations
Minimum-uncertainty states. The completeness relation
Joint measurements of coordinate and velocity
Dynamics of a quantum particle in one dimension
Time observable. The "time-energy" uncertainty relation
Quantum oscillator and phase measurement
The coherent-state representation
Representations of the rotation group and angular momenta
Measuring the angle of rotation
Comments
Covariant measurements and optimality
Parametric symmetry groups and covariant measurements
Structure of covariant measurements
The covariant quantum estimation problem
Measurements of angular parameters
Uncertainty relations for angular quantities
Covariant measurements of angular parameter in the case of arbitrary representation of the group T
Covariant measurements of a shift parameter
The case of irreducible representation
Estimation of pure state
Measuring parameters of orientation
Comments
Gaussian states
Quasiclassical states of the quantum oscillator
The CCR for many degrees of freedom
Proof of the Stone-von Neumann uniqueness theorem. The Weyl transform
Characteristic function and moments of state
Structure of general Gaussian states
A characteristic property of Gaussian states
Comments
Unbiased measurements
Quantum communication channel
A lower bound for the variance in one-dimensional case
The case of shift parameter
Estimation of force by measurements over a trial object
A bound for the measurement covariance matrix based on symmetric logarithmic derivatives
A bound based on right logarithmic derivatives
A general bound for the total mean-square deviation
Linear measurements
Mean-value estimation for Gaussian states
Comments
Supplement Statistical structure of quantum theory and hidden variables
Introduction
The structure of statistical theories
Axiomatic approaches in quantum mechanics
The classical picture of statistical experiment
The main features of statistical description
Statistical model of quantum mechanics
Compatibility and complementarity
Classical and nonclassical models
The problem of hidden variables
"No-go" proofs and the minimal statistical requirements on hidden variables
A hidden variable model for a single quantum system
Hidden variables and evolutions of quantum system
Composite systems, EPR paradox and the Bell inequality
References