PR-box correlations have no classical limit

DOI10.1007/978-88-470-5217-8_13MaRDI QIDQ2873360zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Rohrlich

Publication date 24 January 2014

Published in Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8530

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of quantum theory (81-03)

Abstract: One of Yakir Aharonov's endlessly captivating physics ideas is the conjecture that two axioms, namely relativistic causality ("no superluminal signalling") and nonlocality, so nearly contradict each other that a unique theory - quantum mechanics - reconciles them. But superquantum (or "PR-box") correlations imply that quantum mechanics is not the most nonlocal theory (in the sense of nonlocal correlations) consistent with relativistic causality. Let us consider supplementing these two axioms with a minimal third axiom: there exists a classical limit in which macroscopic observables commute. That is, just as quantum mechanics has a classical limit, so must any generalization of quantum mechanics. In this classical limit, PR-box correlations violate relativistic causality. Generalized to all stronger-than-quantum bipartite correlations, this result is a derivation of Tsirelson's bound without assuming quantum mechanics.

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