What are temporal correlations
Quantum Physics
2020-10-01 v5
Abstract
Space and time are crucial twins in physics. In quantum mechanics, spatial correlations already reveal nonclassical features, such as entanglement, and have bred many quantum technologies. However, the nature of quantum temporal correlations still remains in vague. In this Letter, based on the entangled-history formalism, we prove rigorously that temporal correlations are equivalent to spatial correlations. The effect of temporal correlations corresponds to a quantum channel. The resulting quantifications and classifications of quantum temporal correlations are illustrated in a natural way. Our proposed procedures also show how to determine temporal correlations completely.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1910.05694,
title = {What are temporal correlations},
author = {Hai Wang and Ray-Kuang Lee and Manish Kumar Shukla and Indranil Chakrabarty and Shaoming Fei and Junde Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.05694},
year = {2020}
}