Protective Measurement and Quantum Reality
Towards a New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics
- Editor: Shan Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Date Published: October 2016
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Protective measurements offer an intriguing method for measuring the wave function of a single quantum system. With contributions from leading physicists and philosophers of physics - including two of the original discoverers of this important method - this book explores the concept of protective measurement, investigating its broad applications and deep implications. Addressing both physical and philosophical aspects, it covers a diverse range of topics, including experimental possibility of protective measurements, connections with the PBR theorem, and the implications of protective measurements for understanding the nature of quantum reality. Including a clear and concise introduction to standard quantum mechanics, conventional measurements, and the fundamentals of protective measurements, this is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers interested in the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics.
Read more- The first anthology to cover the important concept of protective measurements
- Written by distinguished experts, with the aim of establishing new lines of future research
- Discusses hot topics in physics, including weak measurement and the Pusey–Barrett–Rudolph theorem
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'… the book constitutes an impressive collection, with valuable and interesting contributions from physicists as well as philosophers on a topic that is vastly under-investigated, especially within the philosophical community. I find this instructive: physicists, guided by the empiricist idea that something real should also be measurable, found protective measurements to be a game-chanAdditional Endorsements forger in the realism-antirealism debate in the quantum domain, legitimizing the ontological view of the wave function. In contrast, as [author of chapter 7. Peter J.] Lewis pointed out, the majority of the philosophical community was already convinced that the epistemic view was doomed and thus did not need protective measurements. Protective Measurement and Quantum Reality bridges this gap.' Valia Allori, BJPS Review of Books
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- Date Published: October 2016
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781316191439
- contains: 14 b/w illus.
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
1. Protective measurements: an introduction Shan Gao
Part I. Fundamentals and Applications:
2. Protective measurements of the wave function of a single system Lev Vaidman
3. Protective measurement, postselection and the Heisenberg representation Yakir Aharonov and Eliahu Cohen
4. Protective and state measurement: a review Gennaro Auletta
5. Determination of the stationary basis from protective measurement on a single system Lajos Diósi
6. Weak measurements, the energy-momentum tensor and the Bohm approach Robert Flack and Basil J. Hiley
Part II. Meanings and Implications:
7. Measurement and metaphysics Peter J. Lewis
8. Protective measurements and the explanatory gambit Michael Dickson
9. Realism and instrumentalism about the wave function: how should we choose? Mauro Dorato and Frederico Laudisa
10. Protective measurements and the PBR theorem Guy Hetzroni and Daniel Rohrlich
11. The roads not taken: empty waves, waveform collapse and protective measurement in quantum theory Peter Holland
12. Implications of protective measurements on de Broglie–Bohm trajectories Aurelien Drezet
13. Entanglement, scaling, and the meaning of the wave function in protective measurement Maximilian Schlosshauer and Tangereen V. B. Claringbold
14. Protective measurements and the nature of the wave function within the primitive ontology approach Vincent Lam
15. Reality and meaning of the wave function Shan Gao
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