Franklin E. Schroeck Jr

arXiv2013

On the Unavoidability of the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

Recently, the presence in the literature (also recent) of voluminous discussions about the interpretation of quantum mechanics has been labelled as scandalous. We claim that a weak point of the debate which hosted such a conclusion is a lack of a definition of the term "interpretation". In the present note, we would "like to make precise" that meaning and to show how such a clarification is necessary in order to avoid misunderstandings.

physics.hist-ph↗

arXiv2012

A note on the Relationship between Localization and Norm-1 Property

The paper focuses on the problem of localization in quantum mechanics. It is well known that it is not possible to define a localization observable for the photon by means of projection valued measures. Conversely, that is possible by using positive operator valued measures. On the other hand, projection valued measures imply a kind of localization which is stronger than the one implied by positive operator valued measures. It has been claimed that the norm-1 property would in some sense reduce the gap between the two kind of localizations. We give a necessary condition for the norm-1 property and show that it is not satisfied by several important localization observables.

quant-ph↗