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Non-Local Boxes for Networks

Quantum Physics 2023-11-17 v2

Abstract

Nonlocal boxes are conceptual tools that capture the essence of the phenomenon of quantum non-locality, central to modern quantum theory and quantum technologies. We introduce network nonlocal boxes tailored for quantum networks under the natural assumption that these networks connect independent sources and do not allow signaling. Hence, these boxes satisfy the No-Signaling and Independence (NSI) principle. For the case of boxes without inputs, connecting pairs of bipartite sources and producing binary outputs, we prove that the sources and boxes producing local random outputs and maximal 2-box correlations, i.e. E2=21E_2=\sqrt{2}-1, E2o=1E_2^o=1, are essentially unique.

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@article{arxiv.2102.03597,
  title  = {Non-Local Boxes for Networks},
  author = {Jean-Daniel Bancal and Nicolas Gisin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.03597},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

4 pages + refs and a short appendix

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