Temporal Quantum Correlations and Hidden Variable Models

• Main Author: Budroni, Costantino (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

In this thesis, the main approach to the characterization of the set of classical probabilities, the correlation polytope approach, is reviewed for different scenarios, namely, hidden variable models discussed by Bell (local), Kochen and Specker (non-contextual), and Leggett and Garg (macrorealist)....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Preliminary notions
• Noncontextuality inequalities from variable elimination
• Optimal tests for state-independent contextuality
• Quantum bounds for temporal correlations
• Dimension witnesses
• Conclusions. .