Lewis, PG, Jennings, D orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-3725, Barrett, J et al. (1 more author) (2012) Distinct Quantum States Can Be Compatible with a Single State of Reality. Physical Review Letters, 109 (15). ISSN 0031-9007
Abstract
Perhaps the quantum state represents information about reality, and not reality directly. Wave function collapse is then possibly no more mysterious than a Bayesian update of a probability distribution given new data. We consider models for quantum systems with measurement outcomes determined by an underlying physical state of the system but where several quantum states are consistent with a single underlying state—i.e., probability distributions for distinct quantum states overlap. Significantly, we demonstrate by example that additional assumptions are always necessary to rule out such a model.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012, the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Theoretical Physics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2019 14:31 |
Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2019 14:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.150404 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139407 |