Superluminal signalling witness for quantum state reduction with correlated noise

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08844v1
• Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:18:22 GMT
• Title: Superluminal signalling witness for quantum state reduction with correlated noise
• Authors: Aritro Mukherjee, Lisa Lenstra, Lotte Mertens, Jasper van Wezel,
• Abstract summary: Models for quantum state reduction suggest weak modifications to Schr"odinger's equation that dominate macroscopic objects. In large classes of quantum state reduction models, formulating a master equation for the quantum state is prohibitively difficult or impossible. We apply the witness to several relevant cases, and find that correlated-noise models in general allow for superluminal signalling.
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• Abstract: Models for quantum state reduction address the quantum measurement problem by suggesting weak modifications to Schr\"odinger's equation that have no observable effect at microscopic scales, but dominate the dynamics of macroscopic objects. Enforcing linearity of the master equation for such models ensures that modifications to Schr\"odinger's equation do not introduce a possibility for superluminal signalling. In large classes of quantum state reduction models, however, and in particular in all models employing correlated noise, formulating a master equation for the quantum state is prohibitively difficult or impossible. Here, we formulate a witness for superluminal signalling that is applicable to generic quantum state reduction models, including those involving correlated noise. We apply the witness to several relevant cases, and find that correlated-noise models in general allow for superluminal signalling. We suggest how specific models may be able to avoid it, and that the witness introduced here provides a stringent guide to constructing such models.

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