Quantum superpositions of ‘common-cause’ and ‘direct-cause’ causal structures

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/AA9B1AOpenAlexW3103264756MaRDI QIDQ6204463FDOQ6204463

Authors Adrien Feix, Časlav Brukner 

Publication date 28 March 2024

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.09241

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

Abstract: The constraints arising for a general set of causal relations, both classically and quantumly, are still poorly understood. As a step in exploring this question, we consider a coherently controlled superposition of "direct-cause" and "common-cause" relationships between two events. We propose an implementation involving the spatial superposition of a mass and general relativistic time dilation. Finally, we develop a computationally efficient method to distinguish such genuinely quantum causal structures from classical (incoherent) mixtures of causal structures and show how to design experimental verifications of the nonclassicality of a causal structure.

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