scholarly journals Why the Tsirelson Bound? Bub’s Question and Fuchs’ Desideratum

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 692 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Stuckey ◽  
Michael Silberstein ◽  
Timothy McDevitt ◽  
Ian Kohler
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Special Relativity ◽  
Reference Frame ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
The World ◽  
Preferred Reference Frame ◽  
Bell Basis ◽  
Tsirelson Bound

To answer Wheeler’s question “Why the quantum?” via quantum information theory according to Bub, one must explain both why the world is quantum rather than classical and why the world is quantum rather than superquantum, i.e., “Why the Tsirelson bound?” We show that the quantum correlations and quantum states corresponding to the Bell basis states, which uniquely produce the Tsirelson bound for the Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt (CHSH) quantity, can be derived from conservation per no preferred reference frame (NPRF). A reference frame in this context is defined by a measurement configuration, just as with the light postulate of special relativity. We therefore argue that the Tsirelson bound is ultimately based on NPRF just as the postulates of special relativity. This constraint-based/principle answer to Bub’s question addresses Fuchs’ desideratum that we “take the structure of quantum theory and change it from this very overt mathematical speak ... into something like [special relativity].” Thus, the answer to Bub’s question per Fuchs’ desideratum is, “the Tsirelson bound obtains due to conservation per NPRF”.

scholarly journals Reality, Indeterminacy, Probability, and Information in Quantum Theory

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 747
Author(s):  
Arkady Plotnitsky
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Phenomena

Following the view of several leading quantum-information theorists, this paper argues that quantum phenomena, including those exhibiting quantum correlations (one of their most enigmatic features), and quantum mechanics may be best understood in quantum-informational terms. It also argues that this understanding is implicit already in the work of some among the founding figures of quantum mechanics, in particular W. Heisenberg and N. Bohr, half a century before quantum information theory emerged and confirmed, and gave a deeper meaning to, to their insights. These insights, I further argue, still help this understanding, which is the main reason for considering them here. My argument is grounded in a particular interpretation of quantum phenomena and quantum mechanics, in part arising from these insights as well. This interpretation is based on the concept of reality without realism, RWR (which places the reality considered beyond representation or even conception), introduced by this author previously, in turn, following Heisenberg and Bohr, and in response to quantum information theory.

scholarly journals DOUBLE SPECIAL RELATIVITY WITH A MINIMUM SPEED AND THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250010 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLÁUDIO NASSIF
Keyword(s):  
Special Relativity ◽  
Reference Frame ◽  
Uncertainty Principle ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Minimum Speed ◽  
Fundamental Understanding ◽  
Low Energies ◽  
Preferred Reference Frame

The present work aims to search for an implementation of a new symmetry in the spacetime by introducing the idea of an invariant minimum speed scale (V). Such a lowest limit V, being unattainable by the particles, represents a fundamental and preferred reference frame connected to a universal background field (a vacuum energy) that breaks Lorentz symmetry. So there emerges a new principle of symmetry in the spacetime at the subatomic level for very low energies close to the background frame (v ≈ V), providing a fundamental understanding for the uncertainty principle, i.e. the uncertainty relations should emerge from the spacetime with an invariant minimum speed.

scholarly journals NATURAL METRIC FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY

2009 ◽  
Vol 07 (05) ◽  
pp. 1009-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. LAMBERTI ◽  
M. PORTESI ◽  
J. SPARACINO
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Mixed States ◽  
Basic Properties ◽  
Illustrative Application

We study in detail a very natural metric for quantum states. This new proposal has two basic ingredients: entropy and purification. The metric for two mixed states is defined as the square root of the entropy of the average of representative purifications of those states. Some basic properties are analyzed and its relation to other distances is investigated. As an illustrative application, the proposed metric is evaluated for one-qubit mixed states.

Thresholds for reduction-related entanglement criteria in quantum information theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (13&14) ◽  
pp. 1165-1184
Author(s):  
Maria A. Jivulescu ◽  
Nicolae Lupa ◽  
Ion Nechita
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum State ◽  
Random Matrix ◽  
Matrix Theory ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Absolute Reduction ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Pure Quantum State

We consider random bipartite quantum states obtained by tracing out one subsystem from a random, uniformly distributed, tripartite pure quantum state. We compute thresholds for the dimension of the system being traced out, so that the resulting bipartite quantum state satisfies the reduction criterion in different asymptotic regimes. We consider as well the basis-independent version of the reduction criterion (the absolute reduction criterion), computing thresholds for the corresponding eigenvalue sets. We do the same for other sets relevant in the study of absolute separability, using techniques from random matrix theory. Finally, we gather and compare the known values for the thresholds corresponding to different entanglement criteria, and conclude with a list of open questions.

scholarly journals ENTANGLEMENT SHARING: FROM QUBITS TO GAUSSIAN STATES

2006 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 383-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERARDO ADESSO ◽  
FABRIZIO ILLUMINATI
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Continuous Variable ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Tripartite Entanglement ◽  
Gaussian States ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Entanglement Sharing

It is a central trait of quantum information theory that there exist limitations to the free sharing of quantum correlations among multiple parties. Such monogamy constraints have been introduced in a landmark paper by Coffman, Kundu and Wootters, who derived a quantitative inequality expressing a trade-off between the couplewise and the genuine tripartite entanglement for states of three qubits. Since then, a lot of efforts have been devoted to the investigation of distributed entanglement in multipartite quantum systems. In this paper we report, in a unifying framework, a bird's eye view of the most relevant results that have been established so far on entanglement sharing in quantum systems. We will take off from the domain of N qubits, graze qudits, and finally land in the almost unexplored territory of multimode Gaussian states of continuous variable systems.

scholarly journals Computable constraints on entanglement-sharing of multipartite quantum states

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (3&4) ◽  
pp. 223-238
Author(s):  
Y.-C. Ou ◽  
M.S. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Pure States ◽  
Arbitrary Dimensions ◽  
Many Body Systems ◽  
Bipartite States ◽  
Entanglement Sharing

\Negativity is regarded as an important measure of entanglement in quantum information theory. In contrast to other measures of entanglement, it is easily computable for bipartite states in arbitrary dimensions. In this paper, based on the negativity and realignment, we provide a set of entanglement-sharing constraints for multipartite states, where the entanglement is not necessarily limited to bipartite and pure states, thus aiding in the quantification of constraints for entanglement-sharing. These may find applications in studying many-body systems.

scholarly journals SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION AND MATRIX REORDERINGS IN QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (09) ◽  
pp. 897-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAROSŁAW ADAM MISZCZAK
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Singular Value Decomposition ◽  
Computing System ◽  
Quantum Information Theory ◽  
Singular Value ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Quantum Channels ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Value Decomposition

We review Schmidt and Kraus decompositions in the form of singular value decomposition using operations of reshaping, vectorization and reshuffling. We use the introduced notation to analyze the correspondence between quantum states and operations with the help of Jamiołkowski isomorphism. The presented matrix reorderings allow us to obtain simple formulae for the composition of quantum channels and partial operations used in quantum information theory. To provide examples of the discussed operations, we utilize a package for the Mathematica computing system implementing basic functions used in the calculations related to quantum information theory.

scholarly journals Answering Mermin’s challenge with conservation per no preferred reference frame

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Stuckey ◽  
Michael Silberstein ◽  
Timothy McDevitt ◽  
T. D. Le
Keyword(s):  
Special Relativity ◽  
Reference Frame ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Relativistic Quantum ◽  
Symmetry Plane ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics ◽  
General Reader ◽  
Famous Paper ◽  
Preferred Reference Frame

Abstract In 1981, Mermin published a now famous paper titled, “Bringing home the atomic world: Quantum mysteries for anybody” that Feynman called, “One of the most beautiful papers in physics that I know.” Therein, he presented the “Mermin device” that illustrates the conundrum of quantum entanglement per the Bell spin states for the “general reader.” He then challenged the “physicist reader” to explain the way the device works “in terms meaningful to a general reader struggling with the dilemma raised by the device.” Herein, we show how “conservation per no preferred reference frame (NPRF)” answers that challenge. In short, the explicit conservation that obtains for Alice and Bob’s Stern-Gerlach spin measurement outcomes in the same reference frame holds only on average in different reference frames, not on a trial-by-trial basis. This conservation is SO(3) invariant in the relevant symmetry plane in real space per the SU(2) invariance of its corresponding Bell spin state in Hilbert space. Since NPRF is also responsible for the postulates of special relativity, and therefore its counterintuitive aspects of time dilation and length contraction, we see that the symmetry group relating non-relativistic quantum mechanics and special relativity via their “mysteries” is the restricted Lorentz group.

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