Local tomography and the Jordan structure of quantum theory

DOI10.1007/S10701-014-9777-1zbMATH Open1302.81079arXiv1202.4513OpenAlexW2058794155WikidataQ62117285 ScholiaQ62117285MaRDI QIDQ474828FDOQ474828

Authors: Howard Barnum, Alexander Wilce 

Publication date: 25 November 2014

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

Abstract: Using a result of H. Hanche-Olsen, we show that (subject to fairly natural constraints on what constitutes a system, and on what constitutes a composite system), orthodox finite-dimensional complex quantum mechanics with superselection rules is the only non-signaling probabilistic theory in which (i) individual systems are Jordan algebras (equivalently, their cones of unnormalized states are homogeneous and self-dual), (ii) composites are locally tomographic (meaning that states are determined by the joint probabilities they assign to measurement outcomes on the component systems) and (iii) at least one system has the structure of a qubit. Using this result, we also characterize finite dimensional quantum theory among probabilistic theories having the structure of a dagger-monoidal category.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4513

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zbMATH Keywords

Jordan algebrasgeneral probabilistic theorieslocal tomography

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Quantum state estimation, approximate cloning (81P50)

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