Questions tagged [correlations]
In Bell test experiments, the term quantum correlation has come to mean the expectation value of the product of the outcomes on the two sides. In other words, the expected change in physical characteristics as one quantum system passes through an interaction site.
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Are correlations stronger than those allowed by quantum mechanics possible?
We know how a quantum correlation setup can help us with a better probability of winning games like the CHSH. But what is the upper bound that physics can allow? Is it the quantum correlation setup? ...
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What is the no-signaling set and how can it be related to other types of correlations?
The paper Bell nonlocality by Brunner et. al includes a striking diagram on page 7:
This is fascinating to me because it suggests a framework of categorizing correlations that encompasses classical, ...
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In Bell nonlocality, why does $P(ab|xy)\neq P(a|x)P(b|y)$ mean the variables are not statistically independent?
I've been working through the paper Bell nonlocality by Brunner et al. after seeing it in user glS' answer here. Early on in the paper, the standard Bell experimental setup is defined:
Where $x, y \...
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Definition of locality in Bell experiments
Continuing from my previous question on Brunner et al.'s paper; so given a standard Bell experimental setup:
where independent inputs $x,y \in \{0, 1\}$ decide the measurement performed by Alice &...
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What is the difference between signaling and non-signaling quantum correlations, and what is a signaling channel?
This article talks about correlation and causality in quantum mechanics. In the abstract, under Framework for local quantum mechanics, it says (emphasis mine):
The most studied, almost epitomical, ...
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If the partial traces $\rho_A,\rho_B$ are pure, does it imply that $\rho$ is a product state?
Suppose $\rho$ is some bipartite state such that the partial traces $\rho_A={\rm Tr}_B\rho$ and $\rho_B={\rm Tr}_A\rho$ are both pure. Does this necessarily imply that $\rho$ is a product state?
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