Reversibility and the structure of the local state space
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Author(s)
Richens, J
Al-Safi, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The richness of quantum theory's reversible dynamics is one of its unique operational characteristics, with recent results suggesting deep links between the theory's reversible dynamics, its local state space and the degree of non-locality it permits. We explore the delicate interplay between these features, demonstrating that reversibility places strong constraints on both the local and global state space. Firstly, we show that all reversible dynamics are trivial (composed of local transformations and permutations of subsytems) in maximally non-local theories whose local state spaces satisfy a dichotomy criterion; this applies to a range of operational models that have previously been studied, such as d-dimensional 'hyperballs' and almost all regular polytope systems. By separately deriving a similar result for odd-sided polygons, we show that classical systems are the only regular polytope state spaces whose maximally non-local composites allow for non-trivial reversible dynamics. Secondly, we show that non-trivial reversible dynamics do exist in maximally non-local theories whose state spaces are reducible into two or more smaller spaces. We conjecture that this is a necessary condition for the existence of such dynamics, but that reversible entanglement generation remains impossible even in this scenario.
Date Issued
2015-12-04
Date Acceptance
2015-10-27
Citation
New Journal of Physics, 2015, 17
ISSN
1367-2630
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
New Journal of Physics
Volume
17
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Article Number
123001