Underlining some limitations of the statistical formalism in quantum mechanics

Physica Scripta

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Fratini, F ^a   Hayrapetyan, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MATRIX; POSTERIORI; SPIN STATE; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS;

MECHANICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 80052676873     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/84/03/035008     Document Type: Review

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