A positive formalism for quantum theory in the general boundary formulation

DOI10.1007/S10701-013-9741-5zbMATH Open1295.81013arXiv1212.5571OpenAlexW3101372563WikidataQ62100563 ScholiaQ62100563MaRDI QIDQ2015091FDOQ2015091

Robert Oeckl

Publication date: 18 June 2014

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a new "positive formalism" for encoding quantum theories in the general boundary formulation, somewhat analogous to the mixed state formalism of the standard formulation. This makes the probability interpretation more natural and elegant, eliminates operationally irrelevant structure and opens the general boundary formulation to quantum information theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.5571

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityquantum information theoryquantum field theorygeneral boundary formulationfoundations of quantum theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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