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The objective for this chapter is to determine precisely how and why the ordinary quantum approach to measurement is insufficient for describing many basic experiments, and to obtain hints on how to generalize quantum theory in ways sufficient to handle the experiments we will discuss. In particular, we will argue that positive operator valued measures, and especially operators of localization on phase space, are natural choices for the description of a variety of experiments, including the standard ones in physics as well as some very non-standard ones.
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Schroeck, F.E. (1996). Basic Experiments Suggest Generalizing Quantum Mechanics. In: Quantum Mechanics on Phase Space. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2830-0_2
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