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View SchemaThermodynamic Limits, Non-commutative Probability, and Quantum Entanglement
| Authors | Joseph F. Johnson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0507017 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507017 |
| Journal | Quantum Theory and Symmetries III, Cincinnati 2003, ed. by Argyres et al, Singapore, 2004, pp.133-143 |
Abstract
We construct a rigourous model of quantum measurement. A two-state model of a negative temperature amplifier, such as a laser, is taken to a classical thermodynamic limit. In the limit, it becomes a classical measurement apparatus obeying the stochastic axioms of quantum mechanics. Thus we derive the probabilities from a deterministic Schroedinger's equation by procedures analogous to those of classical statistical mechanics. This requires making precise the notion of `macroscopic.'
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