Irreversibility and quantum measurement—The observer’s role

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dc.contributor.author	Bhandari, R.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-08T04:01:27Z	-
dc.date.available	2012-08-08T04:01:27Z	-
dc.date.issued	1974	-
dc.identifier.citation	Pramana, 1974, Vol.3, p1	en
dc.identifier.issn	0304-4289	-
dc.identifier.issn	0973-7111(Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/5240	-
dc.description	Open Access	en
dc.description.abstract	The role of the observer in physical theories in the sense of the observer’s viewpoint determining prominent features of the observed phenomena is discussed with reference to the problem of irreversibility and quantum measurement, the latter being closely related to the problem of classical behaviour of quantum systems. A completely subjective interpretation of irreversibility is proposed. It is claimed that irreversibility belongs only to phenomena as observed by a restricted observer who must project all phenomena on a restricted subset of the set of all possible states. The possibility of a completely unrestricted observer who does not see irreversibility is discussed.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02847264	en
dc.rights	1974 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India	en
dc.subject	Irreversibility	en
dc.subject	entropy	en
dc.subject	quantum measurement	en
dc.subject	observer	en
dc.title	Irreversibility and quantum measurement—The observer’s role	en
dc.type	Article	en
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