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The quantum equilibrium distribution tells us the probability for a system to be in a certain configuration at a given time t. That is the basis for the quantum formalism of POVMs, PVMs, and self-adjoint observables on a Hilbert space. In this last chapter we shall return to the beginning of it all, namely to Born’s 1926 papers [1, 2], in which he applies Schrödinger’s wave equation to a scattering situation. In this application, Born recognized the importance of the quantum equilibrium distribution ρ = |ψ|2 as the distribution of the random position of the particle after scattering.

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  1. Universität München Fak. Mathematik, Theresienstr. 39, 80333 München, Germany

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  2. Dept. Mathematics, Mathematisches Institut, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

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Dürr, D., Teufel, S. (2009). Bohmian Mechanics on Scattering Theory. In: Bohmian Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b99978_16

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