Indistinguishability and Negative Probabilities
Quantum Physics
2020-07-30 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this paper, we examined the connection between quantum systems' indistinguishability and signed (or negative) probabilities. We do so by first introducing a measure-theoretic definition of signed probabilities inspired by research in quantum contextuality. We then argue that ontological indistinguishability leads to the no-signaling condition and negative probabilities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2007.14543,
title = {Indistinguishability and Negative Probabilities},
author = {J. Acacio de Barros and Federico Holik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.14543},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
28 pages. To appear in Entropy