2017/10/31 by Esteban Castro-Ruiz, Flaminia Giacomini, Časlav Brukner
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Causal structure #Dynamics (music) #Order (exchange) #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum dynamics #Quantum fluctuation #Quantum process #gr-qc #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevx.8.011047
published as Phys. Rev. X 8, 011047 (2018) · 13+5 pages, 4 figures. Two appendices added. Published version
openalex created_date 2017/10/20 · openalex publication_date 2018/03/21 · arxiv created 2018/03/26 · arxiv updated 2018/03/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A new theoretical framework describes the dynamics of causal structures in quantum mechanics and finds that a scenario where the order of events is definite cannot transform into one where the order of events is not well defined, and vice versa, if the dynamics is continuous and reversible.