Paul Busch (physicist)

Paul Busch
Born15 February 1955
Refrath, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Died9 June 2018
York, England
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of York, University of Hull
Doctoral advisorPeter Mittelstaedt
Websitepaulbusch.wixsite.com/research-page
www.york.ac.uk/maths/staff/paul-busch/

Paul Busch (15 February 1955 – 9 June 2018) was a German-born mathematical physicist, known for his work in quantum mechanics. He made pioneering contributions to quantum measurement theory, being an advocate of the use of POVMs, and to the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics, where he developed a mathematical formulation of a measurement-disturbance relation.[1]

He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Hull and the University of York. He published over 100 scientific articles[2] and co-authored three books: The Quantum Theory of Measurement,[3] Operational Quantum Physics[4] and Quantum Measurement.[5]

  1. ^ Paul Busch, Pekka Lahti, and Reinhard F. Werner "Proof of Heisenberg’s Error-Disturbance Relation" Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 160405 DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.160405
  2. ^ R.Colbeck, L. Loveridge and S. Weigert "Paul Busch: Contributions to Quantum Theory", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1638, Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics – in memoriam Paul Busch. DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1638/1/012014
  3. ^ P. Busch, P. Lahti, P. Mittelstaedt "The Quantum Theory of Measurement", Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. m2, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991. Second revised edition 1996. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37205-9
  4. ^ P. Busch, M. Grabowski, P. Lahti "Operational Quantum Physics", Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. m31, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995. Second, corrected printing 1997. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49239-9
  5. ^ P. Busch, P. Lahti, J.-P. Pellonpää, K. Ylinen "Quantum Measurement", Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Springer International Publishing, 2016. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-43389-9