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Measurement uncertainty from no-signaling and nonlocality
- Source :
- Physical Review A. 96
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2017.
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Abstract
- One of the formulations of Heisenberg uncertainty principle, concerning so-called measurement uncertainty, states that the measurement of one observable modifies the statistics of the other. Here, we derive such a measurement uncertainty principle from two comprehensible assumptions: impossibility of instantaneous messaging at a distance (no-signaling), and violation of Bell inequalities (non-locality). The uncertainty is established for a pair of observables of one of two spatially separated systems that exhibit non-local correlations. To this end, we introduce a gentle form of measurement which acquires partial information about one of the observables. We then bound disturbance of the remaining observables by the amount of information gained from the gentle measurement, minus a correction depending on the degree of non-locality. The obtained quantitative expression resembles the quantum mechanical formulations, yet it is derived without the quantum formalism and complements the known qualitative effect of disturbance implied by non-locality and no-signaling.<br />Comment: 4 pages main + 8 pages appendix; 3 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics
Quantum Physics
Uncertainty principle
Quantum limit
FOS: Physical sciences
01 natural sciences
010305 fluids & plasmas
Open quantum system
Theoretical physics
Quantum nonlocality
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Hidden variable theory
Quantum process
0103 physical sciences
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Measurement uncertainty
EPR paradox
Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
010306 general physics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 24699934 and 24699926
- Volume :
- 96
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aecab6bbf817b2f01ef8e8e63dc135ac
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.012124