[phys4phys] Talk by Flavio Del Santo, Thursday 7th of March, 11:00

[Satanakis, Sofia Maria]

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Flavio Del Santo
University of Geneva



Towards a measurement theory in QFT:
"Impossible" quantum measurements are possible but not ideal

In Naive attempts to put together relativity and quantum measurements lead to signaling between space-like separated regions. In QFT, these are known as impossible measurements.
We show that the same problem arises in non-relativistic quantum physics, where joint nonlocal measurements (i.e., between systems kept spatially separated) in general lead to signaling, while one would expect no-signaling (based for instance on the principle of no-nonphysical communication). This raises the question: Which nonlocal quantum measurements are physically possible? We review and develop further a non-relativistic quantum information approach developed independently of the impossible measurements in QFT, and show that these two have been addressing virtually the same problem. The non-relativistic solution shows that all nonlocal measurements are localizable (i.e., they can be carried out at a distance without violating no-signaling) but they (i) may require arbitrarily large entangled resources and (ii) cannot in general be ideal, i.e., are not immediately reproducible. These considerations could help guide the development of a complete theory of measurement in QFT.

Reference: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13644


Thursday, March 7, 2024
11:00


IQOQI Seminar Room
Boltzmanngasse 3, 2nd floor, 1090 Vienna
Hosted by: Caslav Brukner


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