Connecting indefinite causal order processes to composable quantum protocols in a spacetime

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06735v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:25:06 GMT
• Title: Connecting indefinite causal order processes to composable quantum protocols in a spacetime
• Authors: Matthias Salzger
• Abstract summary: We argue that quantum circuits with quantum control of causal order (QC-QC) can be interpreted as quantum circuits with quantum controlled superpositions of orders. We show that the only class of processes that can be physically implemented in a fixed background spacetime are those that can be interpreted as quantum circuits with quantum controlled superpositions of orders.
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• Abstract: Process matrices are a framework to model causal relations in the absence of a well-defined acyclic causal order. The framework is very general and does not even assume the existence of a background spacetime. As a result, it is an open question how the framework should be interpreted physically and how and even if composition can be defined. On the other hand, so-called causal boxes define a framework that allows for arbitrary composition. In this work, we treat quantum circuits with quantum control of causal order (QC-QC), a subset of process matrices, which can be interpreted as generalized quantum circuits, and process box, a subset of causal boxes, which can be interpreted as processes. We analyze their state spaces and define a notion of operational equivalence between QC-QCs and process boxes based on this analysis. We then explicitly construct for each QC-QC an operationally equivalent process box. This allows us to define composition of QC-QCs in terms of composition of causal boxes which is well-defined. We further show that process boxes admit a unitary extension and conjecture that the background spacetime can be assumed to have a specific simple form. Based on this conjecture, we construct an operationally equivalent QC-QC for each process box. Our results indicate that the only class of processes that can be physically implemented in a fixed background spacetime are those that can be interpreted as quantum circuits with quantum controlled superpositions of orders. Further, they also reveal that the composability issue can be resolved by embedding processes in a spacetime structure. This in turn sheds light on the connection between physical realizability in a spacetime and composability.

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