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Quantum Measurement Theory and its Applications
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Earlier versions of C
hapters 1 & 2, and Appendix A are available below. 
Contents

1. Quantum measurement theory .................................................
2. Useful concepts from information theory ...............................
3. Continuous measurement
4. Statistical mechanics, open systems, and measurement
5. Quantum feedback control
6. Metrology
7. Mesoscopic systems I: circuits and measurements
8. Mesoscopic systems II: measurement and control

Appendices
A. Combining systems: the tensor product and partial trace
B. A fast-track introduction for experimentalists
C. A quick introduction to Ito calculus
D. Operators for qubits and modes
E. Dictionary of Measurements
F. Input-output theory
G. Various formulae and techniques
H. Some proofs and derivations


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Kurt Jacobs / Department of Physics / Umass Boston