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Condition for macroscopic realism beyond the Leggett-Garg inequalities
In 1985, Leggett and Garg put forward the concept of macroscopic realism
(macrorealism) and, in analogy to Bell's theorem, derived a necessary condition
in terms of inequalities, which are now known as the Leggett-Garg inequalities.
In this paper, we discuss another necessary condition called no-signaling in
time. It solely bases on comparing the probability distribution for a
macrovariable at some time for the cases where previously a measurement has or
has not been performed. Although the concept is analogous to the no-signaling
condition in the case of Bell tests, it can be violated according to quantum
mechanical predictions even in situations where no violation of Leggett-Garg
inequalities is possible.Comment: 6 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, published versio
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