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most citedQuantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified

228 citations · 441 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

quant-ph2025

Gap between quantum theory based on real and complex numbers is arbitrarily large

Shubhayan Sarkar, David Trillo, Marc Olivier Renou +1

Quantum Information Theory, the standard formalism used to represent information contained in quantum systems, is based on complex Hilbert spaces (CQT). It was recently shown that…

quant-ph2024★ 8 cited

The Diósi-Penrose model of classical gravity predicts gravitationally induced entanglement

David Trillo, Miguel Navascués

We show that the dynamics of the Diósi-Penrose (DP) model of classical gravity can entangle the mechanical degrees of freedom of two separate particles. For standard experiments of…

quant-ph2022

Quantum advantages for transportation tasks: projectiles, rockets and quantum backflow

David Trillo, Thinh P. Le, Miguel Navascues

Consider a scenario where a quantum particle is initially prepared in some bounded region of space and left to propagate freely. After some time, we verify if the particle has reac…

quant-ph2022★ 19 cited

Demonstration of universal time-reversal for quantum processes

Peter Schiansky, Teodor Strömberg, David Trillo +4

Although the laws of classical physics are deterministic, thermodynamics gives rise to an arrow of time through irreversible processes. In quantum mechanics the unitary nature of t…

quant-ph2021★ 121 cited

Testing real quantum theory in an optical quantum network

Zheng-Da Li, Ya-Li Mao, Mirjam Weilenmann +12

Quantum theory is commonly formulated in complex Hilbert spaces. However, the question of whether complex numbers need to be given a fundamental role in the theory has been debated…

quant-ph2021★ 228 cited

Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified

Marc-Olivier Renou, David Trillo, Mirjam Weilenmann +5

While complex numbers are essential in mathematics, they are not needed to describe physical experiments, expressed in terms of probabilities, hence real numbers. Physics however a…

quant-ph2019★ 52 cited

Entanglement Detection Beyond Measuring Fidelities

Mirjam Weilenmann, Benjamin Dive, David Trillo +2

One of the most widespread methods to determine if a quantum state is entangled, or to quantify its entanglement dimensionality, is by measuring its fidelity with respect to a pure…

quant-ph2019★ 13 cited

Translating Uncontrolled Systems in Time

David Trillo, Benjamin Dive, Miguel Navascues

We show that there exist non-relativistic scattering experiments which, if successful, freeze out, speed up or even reverse the free dynamics of any ensemble of quantum systems pre…