Entanglement and the three-dimensionality of the Bloch ball

We consider a very natural generalization of quantum theory by letting the dimension of the Bloch ball be not necessarily three. We analyze bipartite state spaces where each of the components has a d-dimensional Euclidean ball as state space. In addition to this, we impose two very natural assumptio...

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Hauptverfasser: Masanes, Lluis (VerfasserIn) , Müller, Markus P. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 16 December 2014
In: Journal of mathematical physics
Year: 2014, Jahrgang: 55, Heft: 12
ISSN:1089-7658
DOI:10.1063/1.4903510
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Verfasserangaben:Ll. Masanes, M.P. Müller, D. Pérez-García, and R. Augusiak
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Zusammenfassung:We consider a very natural generalization of quantum theory by letting the dimension of the Bloch ball be not necessarily three. We analyze bipartite state spaces where each of the components has a d-dimensional Euclidean ball as state space. In addition to this, we impose two very natural assumptions: the continuity and reversibility of dynamics and the possibility of characterizing bipartite states by local measurements. We classify all these bipartite state spaces and prove that, except for the quantum two-qubit state space, none of them contains entangled states. Equivalently, in any of these non-quantum theories, interacting dynamics is impossible. This result reveals that “existence of entanglement” is the requirement with minimal logical content which singles out quantum theory from our family of theories.
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ISSN:1089-7658
DOI:10.1063/1.4903510