Cluster separability, indispensability of detectors and quantum measurement problem

TL;DR

This paper explores how changes in separation status relate to quantum measurement, proposing new rules that address the measurement problem by emphasizing the role of detectors and their signals.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective on measurement procedures as changes in separation status and suggests additional rules to resolve the quantum measurement problem.

Findings

Quantum mechanics does not specify what happens during separation status changes.

Registration apparatuses must contain detectors, influencing measurability.

The approach offers a solution to the quantum measurement problem.

Abstract

Careful analysis of cluster separability opens a way to a completely new understanding of preparation and registration procedures for microsystems: they are changes of separation status. An important observation is that quantum mechanics does not specify what happens to systems when they change their separation status. New rules that close this gap can therefore be added without disturbing the logic of quantum mechanics. Another important observation is that registration apparatuses for microsystems must contain detectors and that their readings are signals from detectors. This leads to further restrictions on measurability of observables, especially for macroscopic quantum systems. Beltrametti-Cassinelli-Lahti model is used to show how this approach leads to solution of the measurement problem.