Leggett-Garg violations for continuous variable systems with gaussian states

Abstract

Macrorealism (MR) is the world view that certain quantities may take definite values at all times irrespective of past or future measurements and may be experimentally falsified via the Leggett-Garg (LG) inequalities. We put this world view to the test for systems described by a continuous variable $x$ by seeking LG violations for measurements of a dichotomic variable $Q=\text{sign}(x)$, in the case of gaussian initial states in a quantum harmonic oscillator. Extending our earlier analysis [C. Mawby and J. J. Halliwell, Phys. Rev. A 105, 022221 (2022)] we find analytic expressions for the temporal correlators. An exploration of parameter space reveals significant regimes in which the two-time LG inequalities are violated, and likewise at three and four times. To obtain a physical picture of the LG violations, we exploit the continuous nature of the underlying position variable and analyse the relevant quantum-mechanical currents, Bohm trajectories, and Wigner function. Further, we extend the analysis LG tests using coherent state projectors, thermal coherent states, and squeezed states.

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