General probabilistic theories: An introduction

M Plávala - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
We introduce the framework of general probabilistic theories (GPTs for short). GPTs are a
class of operational theories that generalize both finite-dimensional classical and quantum …

A no-go theorem on the nature of the gravitational field beyond quantum theory

TD Galley, F Giacomini, JH Selby - Quantum, 2022 - quantum-journal.org
Recently, table-top experiments involving massive quantum systems have been proposed to
test the interface of quantum theory and gravity. In particular, the crucial point of the debate …

Higher-order interference and single-system postulates characterizing quantum theory

H Barnum, MP Müller, C Ududec - New Journal of Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new characterization of quantum theory in terms of simple physical principles
that is different from previous ones in two important respects: first, it only refers to properties …

Temporal quantum correlations and Leggett-Garg inequalities in multilevel systems

C Budroni, C Emary - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We show that the quantum bound for temporal correlations in a Leggett-Garg test,
analogous to the Tsirelson bound for spatial correlations in a Bell test, strongly depends on …

Accessible fragments of generalized probabilistic theories, cone equivalence, and applications to witnessing nonclassicality

JH Selby, D Schmid, E Wolfe, AB Sainz, R Kunjwal… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
The formalism of generalized probabilistic theories (GPTs) was originally developed as a
way to characterize the landscape of conceivable physical theories. Thus, the GPT …

Probabilistic theories and reconstructions of quantum theory

M Müller - SciPost Physics Lecture Notes, 2021 - scipost.org
These lecture notes provide a basic introduction to the framework of generalized
probabilistic theories (GPTs) and a sketch of a reconstruction of quantum theory (QT) from …

Experimentally bounding deviations from quantum theory in the landscape of generalized probabilistic theories

MD Mazurek, MF Pusey, KJ Resch, RW Spekkens - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
Many experiments in the field of quantum foundations seek to adjudicate between quantum
theory and speculative alternatives to it. This requires one to analyze the experimental data …

Detecting violations of macrorealism when the original Leggett-Garg inequalities are satisfied

S Majidy, JJ Halliwell, R Laflamme - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
Macroscopic realism (MR) is the notion that a time-evolving system possesses definite
properties, irrespective of past or future measurements. Quantum-mechanical theories can …

Leggett-Garg violations for continuous-variable systems with Gaussian states

C Mawby, JJ Halliwell - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Macrorealism (MR) is the worldview that certain quantities may take definite values at all
times irrespective of past or future measurements and may be experimentally falsified via the …

Testing higher-order quantum interference with many-particle states

MO Pleinert, A Rueda, E Lutz, J von Zanthier - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Quantum theory permits interference between indistinguishable paths but, at the same time,
restricts its order. Single-particle interference, for instance, is limited to the second order, that …