Problem of time in quantum gravity

E Anderson - Annalen der Physik, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Problem of Time occurs because the 'time'of GR and of ordinary Quantum
Theory are mutually incompatible notions. This is problematic in trying to replace these two …

Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified

MO Renou, D Trillo, M Weilenmann, TP Le, A Tavakoli… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Although complex numbers are essential in mathematics, they are not needed to describe
physical experiments, as those are expressed in terms of probabilities, hence real numbers …

Generalized black hole entropy is von Neumann entropy

J Kudler-Flam, S Leutheusser, G Satishchandran - Physical Review D, 2025 - APS
It has been argued that, while the individual terms in the generalized entropy, S gen= A/4
GN+ S ext, are ill-defined in the semiclassical limit, their sum is well-defined if one takes into …

Testing real quantum theory in an optical quantum network

ZD Li, YL Mao, M Weilenmann, A Tavakoli, H Chen… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Quantum theory is commonly formulated in complex Hilbert spaces. However, the question
of whether complex numbers need to be given a fundamental role in the theory has been …

Ruling out real-valued standard formalism of quantum theory

MC Chen, C Wang, FM Liu, JW Wang, C Ying… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Standard quantum theory was formulated with complex-valued Schrödinger equations,
wave functions, operators, and Hilbert spaces. Previous work attempted to simulate quantum …

Operational resource theory of imaginarity

KD Wu, TV Kondra, S Rana, CM Scandolo, GY **ang… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Wave-particle duality is one of the basic features of quantum mechanics, giving rise to the
use of complex numbers in describing states of quantum systems and their dynamics and …

Unitary-invariant witnesses of quantum imaginarity

C Fernandes, R Wagner, L Novo, EF Galvão - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Quantum theory is traditionally formulated using complex numbers. This imaginarity of
quantum theory has been quantified as a resource with applications in discrimination tasks …

Nonlocal advantages of quantum imaginarity

ZW Wei, SM Fei - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Quantum imaginarity and quantum nonlocality capture the essence of quantumness of a
physical system from different aspects. We establish a connection between the imaginarity …

Broadcasting of imaginarity

Z Zhang, N Li, S Luo - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Recently, the resource theory of imaginarity was proposed, viewing the imaginary part of a
quantum state as a basic resource leading to quantum advantages. As with other quantum …

Quantifying the imaginarity of quantum mechanics

A Hickey, G Gour - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of imaginary numbers in modelling quantum mechanical systems encompasses the
wave-like nature of quantum states. Here we introduce a resource theoretic framework for …