Normalized Observational Probabilities from Unnormalizable Quantum States or Phase-Space Distributions

Foundations of Physics 48 (7):827-836 (2018)
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Often it is assumed that a quantum state or a phase-space distribution must be normalizable. Here it is shown that even if it is not normalizable, one may be able to extract normalized observational probabilities from it.

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10.1007/s10701-018-0185-9

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