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arXiv:quant-ph/0403108 · Journal of Mathematical Physics

Position and momentum observables on R and on R3

Claudio Carmeli, Teiko Heinosaari, Alessandro Toigo

Published May 14, 2004• 22 citations
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Abstract

We characterize all position and momentum observables on ↛ and on R3. We study some of their operational properties and discuss their covariant joint observables.
DOI
10.1063/1.1739296

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