| Literature DB >> 16907289 |
Gilles Brassard1, Harry Buhrman, Noah Linden, André Allan Méthot, Alain Tapp, Falk Unger.
Abstract
Bell proved that quantum entanglement enables two spacelike separated parties to exhibit classically impossible correlations. Even though these correlations are stronger than anything classically achievable, they cannot be harnessed to make instantaneous (faster than light) communication possible. Yet, Popescu and Rohrlich have shown that even stronger correlations can be defined, under which instantaneous communication remains impossible. This raises the question: Why are the correlations achievable by quantum mechanics not maximal among those that preserve causality? We give a partial answer to this question by showing that slightly stronger correlations would result in a world in which communication complexity becomes trivial.Mesh:
Year: 2006 PMID: 16907289 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.250401
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161