Detecting violations of macrorealism when the original Leggett-Garg inequalities are satisfied

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2101.12266v2
• Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:34:10 GMT
• Title: Detecting violations of macrorealism when the original Leggett-Garg inequalities are satisfied
• Authors: Shayan Majidy, Jonathan J. Halliwell, Raymond Laflamme
• Abstract summary: Quantum mechanical theories can produce violations of macroscopic realism (MR) We consider three different situations in which there are violations of MR that go undetected by the standard LGIs.
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• Abstract: Macroscopic realism (MR) is the notion that a time-evolving system possesses definite properties, irrespective of past or future measurements. Quantum mechanical theories can, however, produce violations of MR. Most research to date has focused on a single set of conditions for MR, the Leggett-Garg inequalities (LGIs), and on a single data set, the "standard data set", which consists of single-time averages and second-order correlators of a dichotomic variable Q for three times. However, if such conditions are all satisfied, then where is the quantum behaviour? In this paper, we provide an answer to this question by considering expanded data sets obtained from finer-grained measurements and MR conditions on those sets. We consider three different situations in which there are violations of MR that go undetected by the standard LGIs. First, we explore higher-order LGIs on a data set involving third- and fourth-order correlators, using a spin-1/2 and spin-1 system. Second, we explore the pentagon inequalities (PIs) and a data set consisting of all possible averages and second-order correlators for measurements of Q at five times. Third, we explore the LGIs for a trichotomic variable and measurements made with a trichotomic operator to, again, identify violations for a spin-1 system beyond those seen with a single dichotomic variable. We also explore the regimes in which combinations of two and three-time LGIs can be satisfied and violated in a spin-1 system, extending recent work. We discuss the possible experimental implementation of all the above results.

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