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Thermodynamics and the structure of quantum theory

Despite its enormous empirical success, the formalism of quantum theory still raises fundamental questions: why is nature described in terms of complex Hilbert spaces, and what modifications of it could we reasonably expect to find in some regimes of physics? Here we address these questions by study...

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Main Authors: Krumm, Marius (Author) , Müller, Markus P. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 19 April 2017
In: New journal of physics
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 4
ISSN:1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/aa68ef
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa68ef
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Author Notes:Marius Krumm, Howard Barnum, Jonathan Barrett and Markus P. Müller

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