Coherent states of a superposition

If you write a superposition as a sum of eigenstates, why is it important, or relevant, or even true that the component states are coherent since eigenstates with distinct eigenvalues are orthogonal. This means there is no interference between the components of the superposition. AG -- You rec

Re: Measuring a system in a superposition of states vs in a mixed state

On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 4:39:08 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 4:22:35 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 4:39:42 PM UTC, scerir wrote: >>> >>> >>> Il 16 novembre 2018 alle 15.38 agrays...@gmail

Re: Measuring a system in a superposition of states vs in a mixed state

On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 4:22:35 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 4:39:42 PM UTC, scerir wrote: >> >> >> Il 16 novembre 2018 alle 15.38 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: >> >> >> >> On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 10:14:32 AM UTC, scerir wrote: >>

Re: Measuring a system in a superposition of states vs in a mixed state

On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 4:39:42 PM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > Il 16 novembre 2018 alle 15.38 agrays...@gmail.com ha > scritto: > > > > On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 10:14:32 AM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > Il 16 novembre 2018 alle 10.19 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Thursday,