Universal signature of non-quantum systems

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2004.10.002MaRDI QIDQ2463041zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Antony Valentini

Publication date 5 December 2007

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309107

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

Abstract: It is shown that 'non-quantum systems', with anomalous statistical properties, would carry a distinctive experimental signature. Such systems can exist in deterministic hidden-variables theories (such as the pilot-wave theory of de Broglie and Bohm). The signature consists of non-additive expectations for non-commuting observables, breaking the sinusoidal modulation of quantum probabilities for two-state systems. This effect is independent of the quantum state (pure or mixed), or of the details of the hidden-variables model. Experiments are proposed, testing polarisation probabilities for single photons.

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