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We show that some tripartite quantum correlations are inexplicable by any causal theory involving bipartite nonclassical common causes and unlimited shared randomness. This constitutes a device-independent proof that Nature's nonlocality is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Xavier Coiteux-Roy , Elie Wolfe , Marc-Olivier Renou

We describe the construction of quantum gravity, i.e. of a theory of self-interacting massless spin-2 quantum gauge fields, the gravitons, on flat space-time, in the framework of causal perturbation theory.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicola Grillo

This paper provides a thorough introduction to the causal set hypothesis aimed at students, and other interested persons, with some knowledge of general relativity and nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. I elucidate the arguments for why the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 David D. Reid

Recent work in Relative Locality has shown that the theory allows for a solution of an on-shell causal loop. We show that the theory contains a different type of a loop in which locally momenta are conserved, but there is no global momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-22 Andrzej Banburski

The representations of the world around in physics built with help of causality are analyzed and seems incomplete. The observer's causal representations form a closed logical system, i.e. the compact group related to cause-effect chains.…

General Physics · Physics 2010-11-02 A. V. Novikov-Borodin

Quantum theory is a probabilistic theory with fixed causal structure. General relativity is a deterministic theory but where the causal structure is dynamic. It is reasonable to expect that quantum gravity will be a probabilistic theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Lucien Hardy

We distinguish two sub-types of each of the two causality principles formulated in connection with the Common Cause Principle in [Hen05] and raise and investigate the problem of logical relations among the resulting four causality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-20 Miklós Rédei , Iñaki San Pedro

The concept of realism in quantum mechanics means that results of measurement are caused by physical variables, hidden or observable. Local hidden variables were proved unable to explain results of measurements on entangled particles tested…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-14 Sofia Wechsler

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

Quantum nonlocality can be revealed "via local contextuality" in qudit-qudit entangled systems with $d > 2$, that is, through the violation of inequalities containing Alice-Bob correlations that admit a local description, and Alice-Alice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-03 Debashis Saha , Adán Cabello , Sujit K. Choudhary , Marcin Pawłowski

Causal reasoning is essential to science, yet quantum theory challenges it. Quantum correlations violating Bell inequalities defy satisfactory causal explanations within the framework of classical causal models. What is more, a theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-05 Jonathan Barrett , Robin Lorenz , Ognyan Oreshkov

We add non-linear and state-dependent terms to quantum field theory. We show that the resulting low-energy theory, non-linear quantum mechanics, is causal, preserves probability and permits a consistent description of the process of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-10 David E. Kaplan , Surjeet Rajendran

We show that General Relativity coupled to a quantum field theory generically leads to non-local effects in the matter sector. These non-local effects can be described by non-local higher dimensional operators which remarkably have an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Xavier Calmet , Djuna Croon , Christopher Fritz

We study causality in non-commutative quantum field theory with a space-space non-commutativity. We employ the S-operator approach of Bogoliubov-Shirkov(BS). We generalize the BS criterion of causality to the noncommutative theory. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Asrarul Haque , Satish D. Joglekar

The problems which arise for a relativistic quantum mechanics are reviewed and critically examined in connection with the foundations of quantum field theory. The conflict between the quantum mechanical Hilbert space structure, the locality…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Strocchi

It has long been recognized as a difficult problem to determine whether the observed statistical correlation between two classical variables arise from causality or from common causes. Recent research has shown that in quantum theoretical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Chenguang Zhang , Yuexian Hou , Dawei Song

Understanding the causal influences that hold among parts of a system is critical both to explaining that system's natural behaviour and to controlling it through targeted interventions. In a quantum world, understanding causal relations is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-22 Jean-Philippe W. MacLean , Katja Ried , Robert W. Spekkens , Kevin J. Resch

A century after the advent of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity, both theories enjoy incredible empirical success, constituting the cornerstones of modern physics. Yet, paradoxically, they suffer from deep-rooted, so-far intractable,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-20 Elizabeth S. Gould , Niayesh Afshordi

We formulate Lorentz covariance of a quantum field theory in terms of covariance of time-ordered products (or other Green's functions). This formulation of Lorentz covariance implies spacelike local commutativity or anticommutativity of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 O. W. Greenberg

In non relativistic physics it is assumed that both chronological ordering and causal ordering of events (telling whether there exists a causal relationship between two events or not) are absolute, observer independent properties. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 Marco Zaopo