Transition Probability (Fidelity) and Its Relatives

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-298

  Uhlmann, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitudes; Holonomy; Mixed state transition probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751537171     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-009-9381-y     Document Type: Article

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