A refined Frauchiger--Renner paradox based on strong contextuality

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Autori principali: Walleghem, Laurens, Barbosa, Rui Soares, Pusey, Matthew F., Weigert, Stefan
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author Walleghem, Laurens
Barbosa, Rui Soares
Pusey, Matthew F.
Weigert, Stefan
author_facet Walleghem, Laurens
Barbosa, Rui Soares
Pusey, Matthew F.
Weigert, Stefan
contents The Frauchiger--Renner paradox derives an inconsistency when quantum theory is used to describe the use of itself, by means of a scenario where agents model other agents quantumly and reason about each other's knowledge. We observe that logical contextuality (à la Hardy) is the key ingredient of the FR paradox, and we provide a stronger paradox based on the strongly contextual GHZ--Mermin scenario. In contrast to the FR paradox, this GHZ--FR paradox neither requires post-selection nor any reasoning by observers who are modelled quantumly. If one accepts the universality of quantum theory including superobservers, we propose a natural extension of Peres's dictum to resolve these extended Wigner's friend paradoxes.
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spellingShingle A refined Frauchiger--Renner paradox based on strong contextuality
Walleghem, Laurens
Barbosa, Rui Soares
Pusey, Matthew F.
Weigert, Stefan
Quantum Physics
The Frauchiger--Renner paradox derives an inconsistency when quantum theory is used to describe the use of itself, by means of a scenario where agents model other agents quantumly and reason about each other's knowledge. We observe that logical contextuality (à la Hardy) is the key ingredient of the FR paradox, and we provide a stronger paradox based on the strongly contextual GHZ--Mermin scenario. In contrast to the FR paradox, this GHZ--FR paradox neither requires post-selection nor any reasoning by observers who are modelled quantumly. If one accepts the universality of quantum theory including superobservers, we propose a natural extension of Peres's dictum to resolve these extended Wigner's friend paradoxes.
title A refined Frauchiger--Renner paradox based on strong contextuality
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05491