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Quantum Signaling to the Past Using P-CTCS

Quantum Physics 2018-10-11 v3

Abstract

Closed Timelike Curves (CTCs) are intriguing relativistic objects that allow for time travel to the past and can be used as computational resources. In Deutschian Closed Timelike Curves (D-CTCs), due to the monogamy of entanglement, non-local correlations between entangled states are destroyed. In contrast, for Postselected Closed Timelike Curves (P-CTCs), a second variant of CTCs, the non-local correlations are preserved. P-CTCs can be harnessed for the signaling of non-orthogonal states to the past without a disruption of causality. In this paper, we take up signaling to the past and show a method of sending four non-orthogonal states to the past using P-CTCs. After constructing our signaling protocol, we study the causality violations that our protocol results in and put forward two consistency relations to prevent them.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1708.03521,
  title  = {Quantum Signaling to the Past Using P-CTCS},
  author = {Soumik Ghosh and Arnab Adhikary and Goutam Paul},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.03521},
  year   = {2018}
}
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