Exploring The Limits Of No Backwards In Time Signalling

Yelena Guryanova¹, Ralph Silva^2,3, Anthony J. Short⁴, Paul Skrzypczyk⁴, Nicolas Brunner², and Sandu Popescu⁴

¹Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Boltzmanngasse 3, Vienna 1090, Austria
²Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, Chemin de Pinchat 22, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
³Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27, Zürich, Switzerland
⁴H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom

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Abstract

We present an operational and model-independent framework to investigate the concept of no-backwards-in-time signalling. We define no-backwards-in-time signalling conditions, closely related to the spatial no-signalling conditions. These allow for theoretical possibilities in which the future affects the past, nevertheless without signalling backwards in time. This is analogous to non-local but no-signalling spatial correlations. Furthermore, our results shed new light on situations with indefinite causal structure and their connection to quantum theory.

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@article{Guryanova2019exploringlimitsofno, doi = {10.22331/q-2019-12-09-211}, url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2019-12-09-211}, title = {Exploring the limits of no backwards in time signalling}, author = {Guryanova, Yelena and Silva, Ralph and Short, Anthony J. and Skrzypczyk, Paul and Brunner, Nicolas and Popescu, Sandu}, journal = {{Quantum}}, issn = {2521-327X}, publisher = {{Verein zur F{“{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}}, volume = {3}, pages = {211}, month = dec, year = {2019}<br /> }

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