A simple test of quantumness for a single system

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/6/062001zbMATH Open1133.81006arXiv0704.1962OpenAlexW2084176943MaRDI QIDQ5445261FDOQ5445261

Authors: Robert Alicki, Nicholas Van Ryn 

Publication date: 4 March 2008

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

Abstract: We propose a simple test of quantumness which can decide whether for the given set of accessible experimental data the classical model is insufficient. Take two observables $A,B$ such that for any state $psi$ their mean values satisfy $0leq<psi|A|psi>leq<psi|B|psi>leq1$. If there exists a state $phi$ such that the second moments fulfill the inequality $<phi|A^2|phi>><phi|B^2|phi>$ then the system cannot be described by the classical probabilistic scheme. An example of an optimal triple $(A,B,phi)$ in the case of a qubit is given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1962

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

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