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Reference frames, superselection rules, and quantum information

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Bartlett, Stephen D., Rudolph, Terry, Spekkens, Robert W.·2007·Reviews of Modern Physics
DOI 10.1103/revmodphys.79.555
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Recently, there has been much interest in a new kind of ``unspeakable'' quantum information that stands to regular quantum information in the same way that a direction in space or a moment in time stands to a classical bit string: the former can only be encoded using particular degrees of freedom while the latter are indifferent to the physical nature of the information carriers. The problem of correlating distant reference frames, of which aligning Cartesian axes and synchronizing clocks are important instances, is an example of a task that requires the exchange of unspeakable information and for which it is interesting to determine the fundamental quantum limit of efficiency. There have also been many investigations into the information theory that is appropriate for parties that lack reference frames or that lack correlation between their reference frames, restrictions that result in global and local superselection rules. In the presence of these, quantum unspeakable information becomes a new kind of resource that can be manipulated, depleted, quantified, etc. Methods have also been developed to contend with these restrictions using relational encodings, particularly in the context of computation, cryptography, communication, and the manipulation of entanglement. This paper reviews the role of reference frames and superselection rules in the theory of quantum-information processing.

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Authors
Bartlett, S. D., Rudolph, T., & Spekkens, R. W.
Affiliations
The University of Sydney (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Reviews of Modern Physics
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Published
2007-04-05
Volume
79
Issue
2
Pages
555-609
ISSN
  • 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-0756
DOI
10.1103/revmodphys.79.555
OpenAlex
W2148115906
Cited by
827
References
187
Citations by year
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FWCI
31.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
link.aps.org/licenses/aps-default-license (vor)
Locations
  • Reviews of Modern Physics (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (publishedVersion)
  • CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Keywords
reference frames, superselection rules, quantum information, relational encoding, entanglement, clock synchronization, coordinate alignment, quantum cryptography, quantum communication, quantum computing

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