Approximating relational observables by absolute quantities: a quantum accuracy-size trade-off

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/49/18/185301zbMATH Open1344.81045arXiv1510.02063OpenAlexW3103842771MaRDI QIDQ2991874FDOQ2991874

Authors: Takayuki Miyadera, Leon Loveridge, P. Busch 

Publication date: 10 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The notion that any physical quantity is defined and measured relative to a reference frame is traditionally not explicitly reflected in the theoretical description of physical experiments where, instead, the relevant observables are typically represented as "absolute" quantities. However, the emergence of the resource theory of quantum reference frames as a new branch of quantum information science in recent years has highlighted the need to identify the physical conditions under which a quantum system can serve as a good reference. Here we investigate the conditions under which, in quantum theory, an account in terms of absolute quantities can provide a good approximation of relative quantities. We find that this requires the reference system to be large in a suitable sense.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.02063

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zbMATH Keywords

symmetryquantum measurementuncertainty relationsresource theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

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