Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility

Causality is a seminal concept in science: Any research discipline, from sociology and medicine to physics and chemistry, aims at understanding the causes that could explain the correlations observed among some measured variables. While several methods exist to characterize classical causal models,...

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Auteurs principaux:	Elie Wolfe, Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, Matan Grinberg, Denis Rosset, Antonio Acín, Miguel Navascués
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Publié:	American Physical Society 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b9434ca123374b7ba8e004e8a935f9f32021-12-02T16:51:52ZQuantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility10.1103/PhysRevX.11.0210432160-3308https://doaj.org/article/b9434ca123374b7ba8e004e8a935f9f32021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021043http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021043https://doaj.org/toc/2160-3308Causality is a seminal concept in science: Any research discipline, from sociology and medicine to physics and chemistry, aims at understanding the causes that could explain the correlations observed among some measured variables. While several methods exist to characterize classical causal models, no general construction is known for the quantum case. In this work, we present quantum inflation, a systematic technique to falsify if a given quantum causal model is compatible with some observed correlations. We demonstrate the power of the technique by reproducing known results and solving open problems for some paradigmatic examples of causal networks. Our results may find applications in many fields: from the characterization of correlations in quantum networks to the study of quantum effects in thermodynamic and biological processes.Elie WolfeAlejandro Pozas-KerstjensMatan GrinbergDenis RossetAntonio AcínMiguel NavascuésAmerican Physical SocietyarticlePhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review X, Vol 11, Iss 2, p 021043 (2021)
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description	Causality is a seminal concept in science: Any research discipline, from sociology and medicine to physics and chemistry, aims at understanding the causes that could explain the correlations observed among some measured variables. While several methods exist to characterize classical causal models, no general construction is known for the quantum case. In this work, we present quantum inflation, a systematic technique to falsify if a given quantum causal model is compatible with some observed correlations. We demonstrate the power of the technique by reproducing known results and solving open problems for some paradigmatic examples of causal networks. Our results may find applications in many fields: from the characterization of correlations in quantum networks to the study of quantum effects in thermodynamic and biological processes.
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author	Elie Wolfe Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens Matan Grinberg Denis Rosset Antonio Acín Miguel Navascués
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title	Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility
title_short	Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility
title_full	Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility
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Quantum Inflation: A General Approach to Quantum Causal Compatibility

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