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With the advent of device independent quantum information processing, nonlocality is nowadays regarded as a resource to implement various tasks. On the analogy of entanglement theory we approach nonlocality from this perspective. In order…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-10 Julio I. de Vicente

We revise the problem of the quantization of relativistic particle, presenting a modified consistent canonical scheme, which allows one not only to include arbitrary backgrounds in the consideration but to get in course of the quantization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 S. P. Gavrilov , D. M. Gitman

A new formulation of quantum mechanics is developed which does not require the concept of the wave-particle duality. Rather than assigning probabilities to outcomes, probabilities are instead assigned to entire fine-grained histories. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 Andrew Gray

Recent work has argued that the concepts of entanglement and nonlocality must be taken seriously even in systems consisting of only a single particle. These treatments, however, are nonrelativistic and, if single particle entanglement is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jacob Dunningham , Vlatko Vedral

Several recent arguments purport to show that there can be no relativistic, quantum-mechanical theory of localizable particles and, thus, that relativity and quantum mechanics can be reconciled only in the context of quantum field theory.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Hans Halvorson , Rob Clifton

It is shown that Quantum Mechanics is ambiguous when predicting relative frequencies for an entangled system if the measurements of both subsystems are performed in spatially separated events. This ambiguity gives way to unphysical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Carlos Lopez

From gravity to electromagnetism, apparent action at a distance has always been resolved by deeper, local explanations. Yet today, Bell's theorem is widely interpreted as the death knell for local reality. In this chapter, I present the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Charles Alexandre Bédard

Small corrections to the uncertainty relations, with effects in the ultraviolet and/or infrared, have been discussed in the context of string theory and quantum gravity. Such corrections lead to small but finite minimal uncertainties in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Haye Hinrichsen , Achim Kempf

Using path integrals we express the quantum nonlocality of AB-effect type in the form of singularity. The gauge-fixing term in path integrals induce the AB effect in ordinary scattering processes. This means that all scattering processes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hai-Jhun Wanng

If quantum gravity implies a fundamental spatiotemporal discreteness, and if its ``laws of motion'' are compatible with the Lorentz transformations, then physics cannot remain local. One might expect this nonlocality to be confined to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Rafael D. Sorkin

In modern physics only relative quantities are considered to have physical significance. For example, position assigned to a system depends on the choice of coordinates, and only relative distances between different systems have physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-14 Magdalena Zych , Fabio Costa , Timothy C. Ralph

The notions of events and their localisation fundamentally differ between quantum theory and general relativity, reconciling them becomes even more important and challenging in the context of quantum gravity where a classical spacetime…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-29 V. Vilasini , Lin-Qing Chen , Liuhang Ye , Renato Renner

We attempt to pull together various lines of research whose ultimate conclusion points to the actual ``locality'' of Quantum Mechanics (QM). We note that just as John Bell discovered various errors in previous ``proofs'' of the completeness…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael R. Clover

In this paper we make an extensive description of quantum non-locality, one of the most intriguing and fascinating facets of quantum mechanics. After a general presentation of several studies on this subject, we consider if quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-28 Marco Genovese , Marco Gramegna

We study the role of entanglement and non-locality in quantum protocols that make use of systems of identical particles. Unlike in the case of distinguishable particles, the notions of entanglement and non-locality for systems whose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-24 Fabio Benatti , Roberto Floreanini , Ugo Marzolino

The topic of measurement in relativistic quantum field theory is addressed in this article. Some of the long standing problems of this subject are highlighted, including the incompatibility of an instantaneous ``collapse of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 Christopher J. Fewster , Rainer Verch

The Quantum-Bayesian interpretation of quantum theory claims to eliminate the question of quantum nonlocality. This claim is not justified, because the question of non-locality does not arise due to any interpretation of quantum theory, but…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-01 Gerold Gründler

We investigate the class of physical theories with the same local structure as quantum theory, but a potentially different global structure. It has previously been shown that any bipartite correlations generated by such a theory must be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Gonzalo de la Torre , Lluis Masanes , Anthony J. Short , Markus P. Mueller

The basic physical structure of the relativistic theory of gravitation is discussed. The significant role that the Hypothesis of Locality plays in relativity theory is elucidated via the phenomenon of spin-rotation coupling. The limitations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Bahram Mashhoon

The locality of thermal quantum states has emerged as a key input for applications to thermalization, response theory, and efficient simulability. Locality is either captured by the decay of correlations or by local indistinguishability,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Arka Adhikari , Joscha Henheik , Marius Lemm , Tom Wessel