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Many authors state that quantum nonlocality could not involve any controllable superluminal transmission of momentum-energy, signals, or information. We claim that most or all no-signalling proofs to date are question-begging, in that they…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kent A. Peacock , Brian S. Hepburn

Various experiments have shown superluminal group and signal velocities recently. Experiments were essentials carried out with microwave tunnelling, with frustrated total internal reflection, and with gain-assisted anomalous dispersion.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. Nimtz , A. A. Stahlhofen , A. Haibel

We show that the no-signaling principle can be violated with classical inseparable beams in the presence of a parity-time (PT) symmetric subsystem. Thus, the problems associated to PT-symmetric quantum theories recently discovered by Lee et…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Lida Zhang , Jörg Evers

The notions of causality adopted within the quantum information and spacetime physics communities are distinct. Although both notions play a role in physical experiments, their general interplay is little understood in theory. We develop a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 V. Vilasini , Renato Renner

Photonic tunneling permits superluminal signal transmission. The principle of causality is not violated but the time duration between cause and effect can be shortened compared with an interaction exchange with velocity of light. This…

General Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Günter Nimtz

Bell's seminal paper shows that some correlations in quantum theory are not reconcilable with hidden variables and the classical notion of locality. Yet, a weaker notion of locality, known as no-signalling, survives the no-go-result. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-27 Markus Frembs , Andreas Döring

Causal modelling is a tool for generating causal explanations of observed correlations and has led to a deeper understanding of correlations in quantum networks. Existing frameworks for quantum causality tend to focus on acyclic causal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-14 V. Vilasini , Roger Colbeck

If the no-signalling principle was the only limit to the strength of non-local correlations, we would expect that any form of no-signalling correlation can indeed be realized. That is, there exists a state and measurements that remote…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Tanvirul Islam , Stephanie Wehner

Two of the key properties of quantum physics are the no-signaling principle and the Grover search lower bound. That is, despite admitting stronger-than-classical correlations, quantum mechanics does not imply superluminal signaling, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-04 Ning Bao , Adam Bouland , Stephen P. Jordan

Characterising quantum correlations from physical principles is a central problem in the field of quantum information theory. Entanglement breaks bounds on correlations put by Bell's theorem, thus challenging the notion of local causality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Markus Frembs , Andreas Döring

We show that nonlocality of quantum mechanics cannot lead to superluminal transmission of information, even if most general local operations are allowed, as long as they are linear and trace preserving. In particular, any quantum mechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 D. Bruss , G. M. D'Ariano , C. Macchiavello , M. F. Sacchi

It is well known that measurements performed on spatially separated entangled quantum systems can give rise to correlations that are non-local, in the sense that a Bell inequality is violated. They cannot, however, be used for super-luminal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-10-22 Jonathan Barrett , Noah Linden , Serge Massar , Stefano Pironio , Sandu Popescu , David Roberts

This article identifies a series of properties common to all theories that do not allow for superluminal signaling and predict the violation of Bell inequalities. Intrinsic randomness, uncertainty due to the incompatibility of two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ll. Masanes , A. Acin , N. Gisin

Identifying the physical grounds distinguishing quantum theory from broader probabilistic frameworks remains an open challenge. Communication-based proposals -- most notably the principles of impossibility of superluminal signaling and…

Quantum information cannot be broadcast -- an intrinsic limitation imposed by quantum mechanics. However, recent advances in virtual operations offer new insights into the no-broadcasting theorem. Here, we focus on the practical utility and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-30 Yunlong Xiao , Xiangjing Liu , Zhenhuan Liu

The idea that non-local correlations stronger than quantum correlations between two no-signaling systems could theoretically exist is based on an incorrect statistical interpretation of the no-signaling condition. This article shows that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-23 Pierre Uzan

In ordinary, non-relativistic, quantum physics, time enters only as a parameter and not as an observable: a state of a physical system is specified at a given time and then evolved according to the prescribed dynamics. While the state can,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-13 Joseph Fitzsimons , Jonathan Jones , Vlatko Vedral

The coexistence between Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity is usually formulated in terms of the no-signaling condition. Several authors have even suggested that this condition should be included between the basic postulates of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pedro Sancho

Non-signalling conditions encode minimal requirements that any (quantum) systems must satisfy in order to be consistent with special relativity. Recent works have argued that in scenarios involving more that two parties, correlations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Mirjam Weilenmann

A well-recognised open conceptual problem in relativistic quantum field theory concerns the relation between measurement and causality. Naive generalisations of quantum measurement rules can allow for superluminal signalling ('impossible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-27 Henning Bostelmann , Christopher J. Fewster , Maximilian H. Ruep