Environment-assisted invariance does not necessitate Born's rule for quantum measurement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12614v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:11:54 GMT
• Title: Environment-assisted invariance does not necessitate Born's rule for quantum measurement
• Abstract summary: We show that linear collapse models can never give rise to Born's rule. We use a construction in which the role of the measurement machine is made explicit. We are in agreement with the recent result of objective collapse models necessarily being non-linear.
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• Abstract: The argument of environment-assisted invariance (known as envariance) implying Born's rule is widely used in models for quantum measurement to reason that they must yield the correct statistics, specifically for linear models. However, it has recently been shown that linear collapse models can never give rise to Born's rule. Here, we address this apparent contradiction and point out an inconsistency in the assumptions underlying the arguments based on envariance. We use a construction in which the role of the measurement machine is made explicit and show that the presence of envariance does not imply every measurement will behave according to Born's rule. Rather, it implies that every quantum state allows a measurement machine to be constructed, which yields Born's rule when measuring that particular state. This resolves the paradox and is in agreement with the recent result of objective collapse models necessarily being non-linear.

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