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Measurements on a single quantum system at different times reveal rich non-classical correlations similar to those observed in spatially separated multi-partite systems. Here we introduce a theory framework that unifies the description of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Fabio Costa , Martin Ringbauer , Michael E. Goggin , Andrew G. White , Alessandro Fedrizzi

From ancient philosophers to modern economists, biologists, and other researchers, there has been a continuous effort to unveil causal relations. The most formidable challenge lies in deducing the nature of the causal relationship: whether…

Effecting coordination across remote sites in a distributed system is an essential part of distributed computing, and also an inherent challenge. In 1978, an analysis of communication in asynchronous systems was suggested by Leslie Lamport.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-12-20 Ido Ben-Zvi

Active states, from which work can be extracted by time-dependent perturbations, are an important resource for quantum thermodynamics in the absence of heat baths. Here we characterize this resource, establishing a resource theory that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 Swati , Uttam Singh , Giulio Chiribella

Causal reasoning is essential for understanding decision-making about the behaviour of complex `ecosystems' of systems that underpin modern society, with security -- including issues around correctness, safety, resilience, etc. -- typically…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Pinaki Chakraborty , Tristan Caulfield , David Pym

While spatial quantum correlations have been studied in great detail, much less is known about the genuine quantum correlations that can be exhibited by temporal processes. Employing the quantum comb formalism, processes in time can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-18 Simon Milz , Cornelia Spee , Zhen-Peng Xu , Felix A. Pollock , Kavan Modi , Otfried Gühne

The capacity of a channel is known to be equivalent to the highest rate at which it can generate entanglement. Analogous to entanglement, the notion of a causality measure characterises the temporal aspect of quantum correlations. Despite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-24 Robert Pisarczyk , Zhikuan Zhao , Yingkai Ouyang , Vlatko Vedral , Joseph F. Fitzsimons

Causal models capture cause-effect relations both qualitatively - via the graphical causal structure - and quantitatively - via the model parameters. They offer a powerful framework for analyzing and constructing processes. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 Ämin Baumeler , Stefan Wolf

As with entanglement, different forms of Bell nonlocality arise in the multipartite scenario. These can be defined in terms of relaxations of the causal assumptions in local hidden-variable theories. However, a characterisation of all the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 Rafael Chaves , Daniel Cavalcanti , Leandro Aolita

Among the most fundamental questions in the manipulation of quantum resources such as entanglement is the possibility of reversibly transforming all resource states. The key consequence of this would be the identification of a unique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Bartosz Regula , Ludovico Lami

Causality analysis is an important problem lying at the heart of science, and is of particular importance in data science and machine learning. An endeavor during the past 16 years viewing causality as real physical notion so as to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-04-26 X. San Liang

In this work we present a hierarchy of generalized contextuality. It refines the traditional binary distinction between contextual and noncontextual theories, and facilitates their comparison based on how contextual they are. Our approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Lorenzo Catani , Thomas D. Galley , Tomáš Gonda

The causal connectivity of a network is often inferred to understand the network function. It is arguably acknowledged that the inferred causal connectivity relies on causality measure one applies, and it may differ from the network's…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-10-20 Zhong-qi K. Tian , Kai Chen , Songting Li , David W. McLaughlin , Douglas Zhou

Classical causal models, such as Granger causality and structural equation modeling, are largely restricted to acyclic interactions and struggle to represent cyclic and higher-order dynamics in complex networks. We introduce a causal…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-04-21 Moo K. Chung , D. Vijay Anand , Anass B El-Yaagoubi , Jae-Hun Jung , Anqi Qiu , Hernando Ombao

The optimal allocation of resources is a crucial task for their efficient use in a wide range of practical applications in science and engineering. This paper investigates the optimal allocation of resources in multipartite quantum systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Roberto Salazar , Tanmoy Biswas , Jakub Czartowski , Karol Życzkowski , Paweł Horodecki

Quantum correlations provide dramatic advantage over the corresponding classical resources in several communication tasks. However a broad class of probabilistic theories exists that attributes greater success than quantum theory in many of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-09 Sutapa Saha , Some Sankar Bhattacharya , Tamal Guha , Saronath Halder , Manik Banik

The thermodynamic resourcefulness of quantum channels primarily depends on their underlying causal structure and their ability to generate quantum correlations. We quantify this interplay within the resource theory of athermality for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Himanshu Badhani , Siddhartha Das

Drawing from the theory of optimal transport we propose a rigorous notion of a causal relation for Borel probability measures on a given spacetime. To prepare the ground, we explore the borderland between causality, topology and measure…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-21 Michał Eckstein , Tomasz Miller

Quantum theory in a global space-time gives rise to non-local correlations, which cannot be explained causally in a satisfactory way; this motivates the study of theories with reduced global assumptions. Oreshkov, Costa, and Brukner (2012)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-10 Ämin Baumeler , Adrien Feix , Stefan Wolf

Quantum channels are quintessential to quantum information, being used in all protocols, and describing how systems evolve in space and time. As such, they play a key role in the manipulation of quantum resources, and they are often…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-06 Gilad Gour , Carlo Maria Scandolo