Quantum diffusion as a process of linear quantum dynamics

2022/03/01 by Karl-Erik Eriksson, Karl‐Erik Eriksson, Eriksson, Karl-Erik
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Observable #Open quantum system #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum dissipation #Quantum dynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quantum operation #Quantum probability #Quantum process #Statistical physics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2203.00586

published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 11 pages

arxiv created 2022/03/01 · openalex publication_date 2022/03/01 · arxiv updated 2022/03/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Quantum diffusion, as developed in the 1990s, could explain how a system, subject to measurement, goes into an eigenstate of the measured observable. Here it is shown that quantum diffusion theory can be interpreted as a result within linear relativistic quantum mechanics. Thus, in contrast to what is widely believed, quantum measurement can be analyzed within the theory of quantum mechanics itself.

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