Professor

Department of Mathematics, University of York, UK

http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pb516/

Qualification:

1979    Diploma in Physics (U. Cologne)

1982    Dr. rer. Nat. (Theoretical Physics, U. Cologne)

1988    Habilitation (Theoretical Physics, U. Cologne)

1991    External Docent of Theoretical Physics (U. Turku)

1994    Title of Professor of Theoretical Physics (U. Cologne)

Profesional Responsibilities:
Associate Editor, Foundations of Physics (since January 2007)
London Mathematical Society (LMS)
International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP)
International Quantum Structures Association (IQSA)
Councillor, IQSA (1996-2001, 2002-2006)
Member of Selection Committee, IQSA (2006-)
Member, International Programme Board, Biannual Meetings of IQSA 
External PhD Examiner (St. Andrews, 1999)
External Examiner, MSc Applied Physics/Math. Physics, Dublin Inst. of Technology
Advisory board member for various international symposia

Awards:

Prize of Ministry of Education, Warsaw, Poland (1996), for coauthorship on monograph 'Operational Quantum Physics'

Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn (1994-1995)

Successor to Sir Karl Popper on Editorial Board, Foundations of Physics Letters (1995)

Research Interest:

Conceptual and mathematical foundations of quantum theory
Quantum information
Measurement theory, operator valued measures, statistical models
Quantum theory and relativity: localization and causality
Quantum-classical correspondence

Selected Publications:

1. Coexistence of Qubit Effects.
   With H.-J. Schmidt.
   arXiv:0802.4167v2(quant-ph)
2. Measuring position and momentum together.
   With Jukka Kiukas, Pekka Lahti. Phys. Lett. A, in press (2008).
   arXiv:0804.4333(quant-ph)
3. On the Sharpness of an Effect.
   arXiv:0706.3532(math-ph)
4. The Structure of Classical Extensions of Quantum Probability Theory.
   With W. Stulpe. J. Math. Phys. 49 (2008) 032104/1-22.
   arxiv:0708.1539(quant-ph)
5. Approximate Joint Measurements of Qubit Observables.
   With T. Heinosaari. Quant. Inf. Comp., in press (2008).
   arXiv:0706.1415(quant-ph)
6. “No Information Without Disturbance”: Quantum Limitations of Measurements.
   In: Quantum Reality, Relativistic Causality, and Closing the Epistemic Circle, eds. J. Christian, W. Myrvold, Springer-Verlag, in press (2008).
   arXiv:0706.3526(quant-ph)
7. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.
   With T. Heinonen, P.J. Lahti, Phys. Rep. 452 (2007) 155-176.
   arXiv:quant-ph/0609185
8. Universal joint-measurement uncertainty relation for error bars.
   With D.B. Pearson. J. Math. Phys. 48 (2007) 082103/1-10.
   arXiv:math-ph/0612074
9. Complementarity and Uncertainty in Mach-Zehnder Interferometry and Beyond.
   With C. Shilladay. Phys. Rep. 435 (2006) 1-31.
   arXiv:quant-ph/0609048
10. The Quantum Theory of Measurement.
    P.B., P.J. Lahti and P. Mittelstaedt. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, LNP Vol. m2, 1991. Second Revised Edition 1996.
11. Operational Quantum Physics.
    P.B., M. Grabowski and P.J. Lahti. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, LNP Vol. m31, 1995; 2nd corrected printing 1997