Realism and causality imply information erasure by measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03134v2
• Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:11:37 GMT
• Title: Realism and causality imply information erasure by measurements
• Authors: Alberto Montina, Stefan Wolf,
• Abstract summary: A projective measurement cannot decrease the uncertainty on the system if the outcome is ignored. We show that this property is not inherited by a faithful classical causal simulation of a measurement process. In the simulation, a measurement erases previous information by performing a partial reset on the system.
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• Abstract: Quantum measurements generally introduce perturbations into the subsequent evolution of the measured system. Furthermore, a projective measurement cannot decrease the uncertainty on the system if the outcome is ignored; that is, the von Neumann entropy cannot decrease. However, under certain sound assumptions and using the quantum violation of Leggett-Garg inequalities, we demonstrate that this property is not inherited by a faithful classical causal simulation of a measurement process. In the simulation, a measurement erases previous information by performing a partial reset on the system. Thus, the measuring device acts as a low-temperature bath absorbing entropy from the measured system. Information erasure is a form of Spekkens' preparation contextuality. Our proof is straightforward if one assumes that maximal ignorance of the quantum state is compatible with maximal ignorance of the classical state. We also employ a weaker hypothesis. Information erasure is related to a theorem of Leifer and Pusey, which states that time symmetry implies retrocausality. In light of our findings, we discuss Spekkens' preparation contextuality, as well as a weakness in the hypothesis of time symmetry as defined by Leifer and Pusey.

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