Published July 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Testing quantum dynamics using signaling

  • 1. ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Jordi Girona 29, Edifici Nexus II, E-08034 Barcelona (Spain) and Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Hannover, D-30167 Hannover (Germany)

Description

We consider a physical system in which the description of states and measurements follow the usual quantum mechanical rules. We also assume that the dynamics is linear, but may not be fully quantum (i.e., unitary). We show that in such a physical system, certain complementary evolutions, namely, cloning and deleting operations that give a better fidelity than quantum mechanically allowed ones, in one (inaccessible) region, lead to signaling to a far-apart (accessible) region. To show such signaling, one requires certain two-party quantum correlated states shared between the two regions. Subsequent measurements are performed only in the accessible part to detect such phenomenon

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 014304-014304.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37030706
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TESTING; UNITARITY
Descriptors DEC
MECHANICS

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