Indefinite Causal Structure and Causal Inequalities with Time-Symmetry

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18489v1
• Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:53:44 GMT
• Title: Indefinite Causal Structure and Causal Inequalities with Time-Symmetry
• Authors: Luke Mrini, Lucien Hardy,
• Abstract summary: We develop a time-symmetric process matrix formalism for indefinite causal structure. This framework allows for more processes than previously considered and a larger set of causal inequalities. We demonstrate that this larger set of causal inequalities offers new opportunities for device-independent certification of causal non-separability.
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• Abstract: Time-reversal symmetry is a prevalent feature of microscopic physics, including operational quantum theory and classical general relativity. Previous works have studied indefinite causal structure using the language of operational quantum theory, however, these rely on time-asymmetric conditions to constrain both operations and the process matrix. Here, we use time-symmetric, operational probabilistic theory to develop a time-symmetric process matrix formalism for indefinite causal structure. This framework allows for more processes than previously considered and a larger set of causal inequalities. We demonstrate that this larger set of causal inequalities offers new opportunities for device-independent certification of causal non-separability by violating new inequalities. Additionally, we determined that the larger class of time-symmetric processes found here is equivalent to those with Indefinite Causal Order and Time Direction (ICOTD) considered by Chiribella and Liu, thereby providing a description of these processes in terms of process matrices.

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