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Article: Quantum theory, namely the pure and reversible theory of information
Title | Quantum theory, namely the pure and reversible theory of information |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Quantum information Purification Foundations of quantum mechanics |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Citation | Entropy, 2012, v. 14, n. 10, p. 1877-1893 How to Cite? |
Abstract | After more than a century since its birth, Quantum Theory still eludes our understanding. If asked to describe it, we have to resort to abstract and ad hoc principles about complex Hilbert spaces. How is it possible that a fundamental physical theory cannot be described using the ordinary language of Physics? Here we offer a contribution to the problem from the angle of Quantum Information, providing a short non-technical presentation of a recent derivation of Quantum Theory from information-theoretic principles. The broad picture emerging from the principles is that Quantum Theory is the only standard theory of information that is compatible with the purity and reversibility of physical processes. © 2012 by the authors. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/213268 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chiribella, Giulio | - |
dc.contributor.author | D'Ariano, Giacomo Mauro | - |
dc.contributor.author | Perinotti, Paolo | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-28T04:06:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-28T04:06:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Entropy, 2012, v. 14, n. 10, p. 1877-1893 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/213268 | - |
dc.description.abstract | After more than a century since its birth, Quantum Theory still eludes our understanding. If asked to describe it, we have to resort to abstract and ad hoc principles about complex Hilbert spaces. How is it possible that a fundamental physical theory cannot be described using the ordinary language of Physics? Here we offer a contribution to the problem from the angle of Quantum Information, providing a short non-technical presentation of a recent derivation of Quantum Theory from information-theoretic principles. The broad picture emerging from the principles is that Quantum Theory is the only standard theory of information that is compatible with the purity and reversibility of physical processes. © 2012 by the authors. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Entropy | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Quantum information | - |
dc.subject | Purification | - |
dc.subject | Foundations of quantum mechanics | - |
dc.title | Quantum theory, namely the pure and reversible theory of information | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/e14101877 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84867441995 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1877 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1893 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1099-4300 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000310545800005 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1099-4300 | - |