Indefinite causal order in boxworld theories

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00951v1
• Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:04:53 GMT
• Title: Indefinite causal order in boxworld theories
• Authors: Jessica Bavaresco, Ämin Baumeler, Yelena Guryanova, Costantino Budroni,
• Abstract summary: We investigate indefinite causal order in boxworld theories. We find that we trivially recover the full set of two-way signaling correlations. We conjecture that the set of correlations of our higher-order boxworld theory is an outer approximation to the set of correlations produced by higher-order quantum theory.
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• Abstract: An astonishing feature of higher-order quantum theory is that it can accommodate indefinite causal order. In the simplest bipartite setting, there exist signaling correlations for which it is fundamentally impossible to ascribe a definite causal order for the parties' actions. Moreover, the assumptions required to arrive at such a statement (local quantum transformations and well-behaved probabilities) result in a nontrivial set of correlations, whose boundary is, to date, uncharacterized. In this work, we investigate indefinite causal order in boxworld theories. We construct a higher-order theory whose descriptor is the generalized bit (gbit) - the natural successor of the classical bit and quantum qubit. By fixing the local transformations in boxworld and asking about the global causal structure, we find that we trivially recover the full set of two-way signaling correlations. In light of this, we motivate and propose two physical principles in order to limit the set of achievable correlations: nonsignaling preservation and no signaling without system exchange. We find that a higher-order boxworld theory that respects these physical principles leads to (i) a nontrivial set of achievable correlations and (ii) a violation of some causal inequalities that is higher than what can be achieved in higher-order quantum theory. These results lead us to conjecture that the set of correlations of our higher-order boxworld theory is an outer approximation to the set of correlations produced by higher-order quantum theory.

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