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Entanglement swapping for generalized non-local correlations

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We consider an analogue of entanglement-swapping for a set of black boxes with the most general non-local correlations consistent with relativity (including correlations which are stronger than any attainable in quantum theory). In an attempt to incorporate this phenomenon, we consider expanding the space of objects to include not only correlated boxes, but `couplers', which are an analogue for boxes of measurements with entangled eigenstates in quantum theory. Surprisingly, we find that no couplers exist for two binary-input/binary-output boxes, and hence that there is no analogue of entanglement-swapping for such boxes.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0508120,
  title  = {Entanglement swapping for generalized non-local correlations},
  author = {Tony Short and Sandu Popescu and Nicolas Gisin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0508120},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures