Abstract
Indeterminacy associated with the probing of a quantum state is commonly expressed through spectral distances (metric) featured in the outcomes of repeated experiments. Here, we express it as an effective amount (measure) of distinct outcomes instead. The resulting μ-uncertainties are described by the effective number theory whose central result, the existence of a minimal amount, leads to a well-defined notion of intrinsic irremovable uncertainty. We derive μ-uncertainty formulas for arbitrary set of commuting operators, including the cases with continuous spectra. The associated entropy-like characteristics, the μ-entropies, convey how many degrees of freedom are effectively involved in a given measurement process. In order to construct quantum μ-entropies, we are led to quantum effective numbers designed to count independent, mutually orthogonal states effectively comprising a density matrix. This concept is basis-independent and leads to a measure-based characterization of entanglement.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-12-2021
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/quantum3030035
Repository Citation
Horváth, Ivan, "The Measure Aspect of Quantum Uncertainty, of Entanglement, and the Associated Entropies" (2021). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 679.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/679
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Quantum Reports, v. 3, issue 3.
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