E C G Sudarshan
Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics
Volume 6 Issue 3 March 1976 pp 117-126 Quantum Mechanics
Interaction between classical and quantum systems and the measurement of quantum observables
Quantum mechanics presumes classical measuring instruments with which they interact. The problem of measurement interaction between classical and quantum systems is posed and solved. The restriction to compatible measurements comes about naturally as the condition for the integrity of the classical system. A technical device is the perspective on classical mechanics as quantum mechanics with essentially hidden dynamical variables.
Volume 10 Issue 3 March 1978 pp 227-238 Optics
In many instances we find it advantageous to display a quantum optical density matrix as a generalized statistical ensemble of coherent wave fields. The weight functions involved in these constructions turn out to belong to a family of distributions, not always smooth functions. In this paper we investigate this question anew and show how it is related to the problem of expanding an arbitrary state in terms of an overcomplete subfamily of the overcomplete set of coherent states. This provides a relatively transparent derivation of the optical equivalence theorem. An interesting by-product is the discovery of a new class of discrete diagonal representations.
Volume 15 Issue 4 October 1980 pp 327-340 Particle Physics
A general derivation of the coupling constant relations which result on embedding a non-simple group like SU
Volume 27 Issue 1-2 July 1986 pp 1-18 Electromagnetics, Statistical Mechanics And General Relativity
The three faces of Maxwell’s equations
In dealing with electromagnetic phenomena and in particular the phenomena of optics, despite the recognition of the quanta of light people tend to talk of the amplitudes and field strengths, as if the electromagnetic field were a classical field. For example we measure the wavelength of light by studying interference fringes. In this paper we study the interrelationship of three ways of looking at the problem: in terms of classical wave fields, wave function of the photon; and the quantized wave field. The comparison and contrasts of these three modes of description are carefully analyzed in this paper. The ways in which these different modes complement our intuition and insight are also discussed.
Volume 43 Issue 4 October 1994 pp 255-272
A basis-free approach to time-reversal for symmetry groups
L C Biedenharn E C G Sudarshan
We develop a basis-free approach to time-reversal for the quantal angular momentum group,
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