On the sharpness and bias of quantum effects

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Abstract

The question of quantifying the sharpness (or unsharpness) of a quantum mechanical effect is investigated. Apart from sharpness, another property, bias, is found to be relevant for the joint measurability or coexistence of two effects. Measures of bias will be defined and examples given.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)712-730
Number of pages18
JournalFoundations of Physics
Volume39
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009

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Keywords

  • quantum measurement
  • joint observable
  • coexistence
  • effect
  • unsharp observable
  • bias

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