谈谈量子力学中的状态叠加原理

以对话的形式,介绍并评论了布洛欣采夫、狄拉克以及朗道和栗弗席茨关于状态叠加原理的不同表述.     

关于量子力学中态叠加原理的讨论

讨论了量子力学中态叠加原理的意义,评论了它的不同表述和解说,并且以简单明了的语言来叙述这一原理．     

Testing discrete quantum mechanics using neutron interferometry and the superposition principle—Agedanken experiment

Using a neutron interferometer and the phase difference calculated from spatial discrete quantum mechanics, a test for discrete quantum theory may implemented by measuring the X spin polarization and its variation with position.     

How to solve the measurement problem of quantum mechanics

A solution to the measurement problem of quantum mechanics is proposed within the framework of an intepretation according to which only quantum systems with an infinite number of degrees of freedom have determinate properties, i.e., determinate values for (some) observables of the theory. The important feature of the infinite case is the existence of many inequivalent irreducible Hilbert space representations of the algebra of observables, which leads, in effect, to a restriction on the superposition principle, and hence the possibility of defining (macro-) observables which commute with every observable. Such observables have determinate values which are not subject to quantum interference effects. A measurement process is schematized as an interaction between a microsystem and a macrosystem, idealized as an infinite quantum system, and it is shown that there exists a unitary transformation which transforms the initial pure state of the composite system in a finite time (the duration of the interaction) into the required mixture of disjoint states.     

A superposition principle in quantum logics

A new definition of the superposition principle in quantum logics is given, which enables us to define the sectors. It is shown that the superposition principle holds only in the irreducible quantum logics.     

Quantum logical solution to the measurement problem of quantum mechanics

In this paper I propose a reformulation and solution of the measurement problem of quantum mechanics. The reformulation depends on a quantum logical interpretation of quantum mechanics, broadly construed. The solution depends on a theorem about partial Boolean algebras which is proved here.     

The action principle in quantum mechanics

The Euler-Lagrange equation derived from Schwinger's action principle (1951) has been shown by Kianget al. (1969) and Linet al. (1970) to lead to inconsistencies for quadratic lagrangians of the form $$\bar L(\dot q,q) = \tfrac{1}{2}\dot q^j g_{jk} (q)\dot q^k - V(q)$$ except in the Euclidean caseg _jk =δ _jk . This inadequacy is linked to Schwinger's specification that the variations of operators bec-numbers. We reformulate the action principle by introducing the concept of ‘proper’ Gauteaux variation of operators to find the most general class of admissible variation consistent with the postulated quantisation rules. This new action principle, applied to the LagrangianL, yields a quantum Euler equation consistent with the Hamilton-Heisenberg equations.     

Dynamical violation of the superposition principle for open quantum systems

It is argued that the impossibility of observing coherent superpositions of certain macroscopically distinguishable quantum states is a combined effect of collective dissipation processes generated by an interaction of the N-particle system with external quantum fields and a “coarse-grained” character of real measurements. A simple model involving a quantum dynamical semigroup is discussed.     

The superposition of the states and the logic approach to quantum mechanics

An axiomatic approach to quantum mechanics is proposed in terms of a logic scheme satisfying a suitable set of axioms. In this context the notion of pure, maximal, and characteristic state as well as the superposition relation and the superposition principle for the states are studied. The role the superposition relation plays in the reversible and in the irreversible dynamics is investigated and its connection with the tensor product is studied. Throughout the paper, theW ^*-algebra model, which satisfies our axioms, is used to exemplify results and properties of the general scheme.     

Classical limit of quantum mechanics and the quantum billiards problem

Two limiting cases follow from an algebraic formulation of quantum mechanics: Hamiltonian mechanics and quantum mechanics. The results can be used to formulate a quantum billiards problem and to study it at a qualitative level.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 98–100, May, 1982.     

The extended Bloch representation of quantum mechanics and the hidden-measurement solution to the measurement problem

A generalized Bloch sphere, in which the states of a quantum entity of arbitrary dimension are geometrically represented, is investigated and further extended, to also incorporate the measurements. This extended representation constitutes a general solution to the measurement problem, inasmuch it allows to derive the Born rule as an average over hidden-variables, describing not the state of the quantum entity, but its interaction with the measuring system. According to this modelization, a quantum measurement is to be understood, in general, as a tripartite process, formed by an initial deterministic decoherence-like process, a subsequent indeterministic collapse-like process, and a final deterministic purification-like process. We also show that quantum probabilities can be generally interpreted as the probabilities of a first-order non-classical theory, describing situations of maximal lack of knowledge regarding the process of actualization of potential interactions, during a measurement.     

Landau problem in noncommutative quantum mechanics

The Landau problem in non-commutative quantum mechanics (NCQM) is studied. First by solving the Schrodinger equations on noncommutative (NC) space we obtain the Landau energy levels and the energy correction that is caused by space-space noncommutativity. Then we discuss the noncommutative phase space case, namely, space-space and momentum-momentum non-commutative case, and we get the explicit expression of the Hamiltonian as well as the corresponding eigenfunctions and eigenvalues.     

Landau problem in noncommutative quantum mechanics

The Landau problem in non-commutative quantum mechanics (NCQM) is studied.First by solving the Schr(o)dinger equations on noncommutative (NC) space we obtain the Landau energy levels and the energy correction that is caused by space-space noncommutativity.Then we discuss the noncommutative phase space case,namely,space-space and momentum-momentum non-commutative case,and we get the explicit expression of the Hamfltonian as well as the corresponding eigenfunctions and eigenvalues.     

Nonlinear quantum mechanics: Results and open questions

About 15 years ago, we (Heinz-Dietrich Doebner and I) proposed a special type of nonlinear modification of the usual Schrödinger time-evolution equation in quantum mechanics. Our equation was motivated by certain unitary representations of the group of diffeomorphisms of physical space, in the framework of either nonrelativistic local current algebra or quantum Borel kinematics. Subsequently, we developed this and related approaches to nonlinearity in quantum mechanics considerably further, to incorporate theories of measurement, groups of nonlinear gauge transformations, symmetry and invariance properties, unification of a large family of nonlinear perturbations, and possible physical contexts for quantum nonlinearity. Some of our results and highlights of some open questions are summarized.     

Creation and measurement of a coherent superposition of quantum states

We demonstrate experimental techniques for creating and measuring a coherent superposition of two degenerate atomic states with equal amplitudes in metastable neon. Starting from state (3)P(0), we create adiabatically a coherent superposition of the magnetic sublevels M=+/-1 of the state (3)P(2) using a tripod stimulated Raman adiabatic passage scheme. The measurement is based on the coupling of the levels (3)P(2)<-->(3)P(1) by a linearly polarized laser, followed by the detection of the population in the (3)P(2)(M=+/-2) states as a function of the polarization angle of that laser.     

Nondemolition principle of quantum measurement theory

We give an explicit axiomatic formulation of the quantum measurement theory which is free of the projection postulate. It is based on the generalized nondemolition principle applicable also to the unsharp, continuous-spectrum and continuous-in-time observations. The collapsed state-vector after the objectification is simply treated as a random vector of the a posterioristate given by the quantum filtering, i.e., the conditioning of the a prioriinduced state on the corresponding reduced algebra. The nonlinear phenomenological equation of continuous spontaneous localization has been derived from the Schrödinger equation as a case of the quantum filtering equation for the diffusive nondemolition measurement. The quantum theory of measurement and filtering suggests also another type of the stochastic equation for the dynamical theory of continuous reduction, corresponding to the counting nondemolition measurement, which is more relevant for the quantum experiments.