Artículo
Classical Physics and the Bounds of Quantum Correlations
Autor/es | Velázquez Ahumada, María del Castillo
Baltanás, José P. Frustaglia, Diego César Fernández Prieto, Armando Lujambio, Aintzane Losada Torres, Vicente Freire Rosales, Manuel José |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada I Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada II |
Fecha de publicación | 2016-06-24 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-07-13 |
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Resumen | A unifying principle explaining the numerical bounds of quantum correlations remains elusive, despite the efforts devoted to identifying it. Here, we show that these bounds are indeed not exclusive to quantum theory: for ... A unifying principle explaining the numerical bounds of quantum correlations remains elusive, despite the efforts devoted to identifying it. Here, we show that these bounds are indeed not exclusive to quantum theory: for any abstract correlation scenario with compatible measurements, models based on classical waves produce probability distributions indistinguishable from those of quantum theory and, therefore, share the same bounds. We demonstrate this finding by implementing classical microwaves that propagate along meter-size transmission-line circuits and reproduce the probabilities of three emblematic quantum experiments. Our results show that the “quantum” bounds would also occur in a classical universe without quanta. The implications of this observation are discussed. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) |
Identificador del proyecto | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/FIS2011-29400
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/FIS2014-60843-P |
Cita | Velázquez Ahumada, M.d.C., Baltanás, J.P., Frustaglia, D., Fernández Prieto, A., Lujambio, A., Losada Torres, V. y Freire Rosales, M.J. (2016). Classical Physics and the Bounds of Quantum Correlations. Physical Review Letters, 116 (25), 250404-1-250404-6. |
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