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View SchemaStatistical Mechanics of Amplifying Apparatus
| Authors | Joseph Johnson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0502044 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0502044 |
Abstract
We implement Feynman's suggestion that the only missing notion needed for the puzzle of Quantum Measurement is the statistical mechanics of amplifying apparatus. We define a thermodynamic limit of quantum amplifiers which is a classically describable system in the sense of Bohr, and define macroscopic pointer variables for the limit system. Then we derive the probabilities of Quantum Measurement from the deterministic Schroedinger equation by the usual techniques of Classical Statistical Mechanics.
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