Distinct quantum states can be compatible with a single state of reality

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Lewis, Peter G ^a   Jennings, David ^a   Barrett, Jonathan ^b   Rudolph, Terry ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL STATE; QUANTUM STATE; QUANTUM SYSTEM; SINGLE STATE; WAVE FUNCTION COLLAPSE;

MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 84867314128     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.150404     Document Type: Article

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