A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Comparing the degrees of incompatibility inherent in probabilistic physical theories
Authors: Busch P, Heinosaari T, Schultz J, Stevens N
Publisher: EPL ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
Publication year: 2013
Journal: EPL
Journal name in source: EPL
Journal acronym: EPL-EUROPHYS LETT
Article number: ARTN 10002
Number in series: 1
Volume: 103
Issue: 1
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 0295-5075
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/103/10002
Abstract
We introduce a new way of quantifying the degrees of incompatibility of two observables in a probabilistic physical theory and, based on this, a global measure of the degree of incompatibility inherent in such theories, across all observable pairs. This opens up a novel and flexible way of comparing probabilistic theories with respect to the nonclassical feature of incompatibility, raising many interesting questions, some of which will be answered here. We show that quantum theory contains observables that are as incompatible as any probabilistic physical theory can have if arbitrary pairs of observables are considered. If one adopts a more refined measure of the degree of incompatibility, for instance, by restricting the comparison to binary observables, it turns out that there are probabilistic theories whose inherent degrees of incompatibility are greater than that of quantum mechanics. Copyright (c) EPLA, 2013
We introduce a new way of quantifying the degrees of incompatibility of two observables in a probabilistic physical theory and, based on this, a global measure of the degree of incompatibility inherent in such theories, across all observable pairs. This opens up a novel and flexible way of comparing probabilistic theories with respect to the nonclassical feature of incompatibility, raising many interesting questions, some of which will be answered here. We show that quantum theory contains observables that are as incompatible as any probabilistic physical theory can have if arbitrary pairs of observables are considered. If one adopts a more refined measure of the degree of incompatibility, for instance, by restricting the comparison to binary observables, it turns out that there are probabilistic theories whose inherent degrees of incompatibility are greater than that of quantum mechanics. Copyright (c) EPLA, 2013
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