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Extreme Covariant Quantum Observables in the Case of an Abelian Symmetry Group and a Transitive Value Space
We represent quantum observables as POVMs (normalized positive operator
valued measures) and consider convex sets of observables which are covariant
with respect to a unitary representation of a locally compact Abelian symmetry
group . The value space of such observables is a transitive -space. We
characterize the extreme points of covariant observables and also determine the
covariant extreme points of the larger set of all quantum observables. The
results are applied to position, position difference and time observables.Comment: 23 page