Open Systems and Measurement in Relativistic Quantum Theory
Subtitle: Proceedings of the Workshop held at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Napoli, April 3-4, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Heinz-Peter Breuer (Editor); Francesco Petruccione (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9783540659785
Subjects: Relativistic quantum mechanics & quantum field theory; Weights & Measures; Physics; Weights And Measures; Science; Science/Mathematics; Quantum Theory; General; Medical-General; Science / Quantum Theory; Science-Physics; Congresses; Open systems (Physics); Physical measurements; Relativistic quantum theory
First sentence: In 1932 John von Neumann [1] introduced the following assumption about the reduction of the wave function within the orthodox statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics: As a consequence of the measurement of one (or more) observables the state vector characterizing the measured system undergoes an instantaneous change, a discontinuous quantum jump; after the measurement the system is described by one of the possible eigenfunctions of the measured observables.