825 research outputs found
Performing temporal processes
This article explores the way that the performance of temporal processes in recent contemporary music reveals something about the nature of musical time. Process music deals with time as a part of its material, offering the opportunity to experience time as time: the expression and experience of units of time that are defined by, and enclose, processes, in works whose forms are defined by their durations. The nature of time in four examples, by Alistair Zaldua, Mathias Spahlinger, Steve Gisby, and Sophie Stone, is discussed with reference to theories of time by Jonathan D. Kramer and Henri Bergson
Comment on ``All quantum observables in a hidden-variable model must commute simultaneously"
Malley discussed {[Phys. Rev. A {\bf 69}, 022118 (2004)]} that all quantum
observables in a hidden-variable model for quantum events must commute
simultaneously. In this comment, we discuss that Malley's theorem is indeed
valid for the hidden-variable theoretical assumptions, which were introduced by
Kochen and Specker. However, we give an example that the local hidden-variable
(LHV) model for quantum events preserves noncommutativity of quantum
observables. It turns out that Malley's theorem is not related with the LHV
model for quantum events, in general.Comment: 3 page
Multipartite positive-partial-transpose inequalities exponentially stronger than local reality inequalities
We show that positivity of {\it every} partial transpose of -partite
quantum states implies new inequalities on Bell correlations which are stronger
than standard Bell inequalities by a factor of . A violation of
the inequality implies the system is in a bipartite distillable entangled
state. It turns out that a family of -qubit bound entangled states proposed
by D\"ur {[Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 87}, 230402 (2001)]} violates the inequality
for .Comment: 4 pages, To appear in Phys. Rev.
Classification of local realistic theories
Recently, it has shown that an explicit local realistic model for the values
of a correlation function, given in a two-setting Bell experiment (two-setting
model), works only for the specific set of settings in the given experiment,
but cannot construct a local realistic model for the values of a correlation
function, given in a {\it continuous-infinite} settings Bell experiment
(infinite-setting model), even though there exist two-setting models for all
directions in space. Hence, two-setting model does not have the property which
infinite-setting model has. Here, we show that an explicit two-setting model
cannot construct a local realistic model for the values of a correlation
function, given in a {\it only discrete-three} settings Bell experiment
(three-setting model), even though there exist two-setting models for the three
measurement directions chosen in the given three-setting experiment. Hence,
two-setting model does not have the property which three-setting model has.Comment: To appear in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretica
Hyperentangled States
We investigate a new class of entangled states, which we call
'hyperentangled',that have EPR correlations identical to those in the vacuum
state of a relativistic quantum field. We show that whenever hyperentangled
states exist in any quantum theory, they are dense in its state space. We also
give prescriptions for constructing hyperentangled states that involve an
arbitrarily large collection of systems.Comment: 23 pages, LaTeX, Submitted to Physical Review
Rotational invariance as an additional constraint on local realism
Rotational invariance of physical laws is a generally accepted principle. We
show that it leads to an additional external constraint on local realistic
models of physical phenomena involving measurements of multiparticle spin 1/2
correlations. This new constraint rules out such models even in some situations
in which standard Bell inequalities allow for explicit construction of such
models. The whole analysis is performed without any additional assumptions on
the form of local realistic models.Comment: 4 page
Modelling a Particle Detector in Field Theory
Particle detector models allow to give an operational definition to the
particle content of a given quantum state of a field theory. The commonly
adopted Unruh-DeWitt type of detector is known to undergo temporary transitions
to excited states even when at rest and in the Minkowski vacuum. We argue that
real detectors do not feature this property, as the configuration "detector in
its ground state + vacuum of the field" is generally a stable bound state of
the underlying fundamental theory (e.g. the ground state-hydrogen atom in a
suitable QED with electrons and protons) in the non-accelerated case. As a
concrete example, we study a local relativistic field theory where a stable
particle can capture a light quantum and form a quasi-stable state. As
expected, to such a stable particle correspond energy eigenstates of the full
theory, as is shown explicitly by using a dressed particle formalism at first
order in perturbation theory. We derive an effective model of detector (at
rest) where the stable particle and the quasi-stable configurations correspond
to the two internal levels, "ground" and "excited", of the detector.Comment: 13 pages, references added, final versio
Entanglement without nonlocality
We consider the characterization of entanglement from the perspective of a
Heisenberg formalism. We derive an original two-party generalized separability
criteria, and from this describe a novel physical understanding of
entanglement. We find that entanglement may be considered as fundamentally a
local effect, and therefore as a separable computational resource from
nonlocality. We show how entanglement differs from correlation physically, and
explore the implications of this new conception of entanglement for the notion
of classicality. We find that this understanding of entanglement extends
naturally to multipartite cases.Comment: 9 pages. Expanded introduction and sections on physical entanglement
and localit
The Free Will Theorem
On the basis of three physical axioms, we prove that if the choice of a
particular type of spin 1 experiment is not a function of the information
accessible to the experimenters, then its outcome is equally not a function of
the information accessible to the particles. We show that this result is
robust, and deduce that neither hidden variable theories nor mechanisms of the
GRW type for wave function collapse can be made relativistic. We also establish
the consistency of our axioms and discuss the philosophical implications.Comment: 31 pages, 6figure
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