Demonstration of quantum correlations that are incompatible with absoluteness of measurement
arXiv:2107.08447 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.107.022226
Abstract
Exploiting the tension between the two dynamics of quantum theory (QT) in the Wigner's Friend thought experiment, we point out that the standard QT leads to inconsistency in observed probabilities of measurement outcomes between two super-observers - Wigner and his Student. To avoid such inconsistent predictions of QT, we hypothesize two distinct perspectives. The first one is "Absoluteness of measurement (AoM)," that is, any measurement process is an absolute event irrespective of other observers and yields a single outcome. The other is "Non-absoluteness of measurement (NoM)" as the negation of AoM. We introduce an operational approach, first with one friend and then with two spatially separated friends, to test the validity of these two perceptions in quantum theory without assuming the details of the experiment. First, we show that the set of probabilities obtainable for NoM is strictly larger than the set obtainable for AoM. We provide the simplest scenario so far, involving a single quantum preparation and one unitary operation by a super-observer that can demonstrate correlations incompatible with AoM. Remarkably, in the scenario with spatially separated observers, we present a strict hierarchy among the sets of probabilities observed in the following three theories: classical or local realist, quantum theory with AoM, and quantum theory with NoM.
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