A free energy principle for generic quantum systems

C Fields, K Friston, JF Glazebrook, M Levin - Progress in Biophysics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Free Energy Principle (FEP) states that under suitable conditions of weak
coupling, random dynamical systems with sufficient degrees of freedom will behave so as to …

The SIC question: History and state of play

CA Fuchs, MC Hoang, BC Stacey - Axioms, 2017 - mdpi.com
Recent years have seen significant advances in the study of symmetric informationally
complete (SIC) quantum measurements, also known as maximal sets of complex …

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 …

Harnessing the power of the second quantum revolution

IH Deutsch - PRX Quantum, 2020 - APS
The second quantum revolution has been built on a foundation of fundamental research at
the intersection of physics and information science, giving rise to the discipline we now call …

Quantum theory cannot consistently describe the use of itself

D Frauchiger, R Renner - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum theory provides an extremely accurate description of fundamental processes in
physics. It thus seems likely that the theory is applicable beyond the, mostly microscopic …

Generalized quantum measurements on a higher-dimensional system via quantum walks

X Wang, X Zhan, Y Li, L Xiao, G Zhu, D Qu, Q Lin… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Quantum measurements play a fundamental role in quantum mechanics. Especially,
generalized quantum measurements provide a powerful and versatile tool to extract …

Preclinical research: Make mouse studies work

S Perrin - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Preclinical research: Make mouse studies work | Nature Skip to main content Thank you for
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Rethinking superdeterminism

S Hossenfelder, T Palmer - Frontiers in Physics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Quantum mechanics has irked physicists ever since its conception more than 100 years ago.
While some of the misgivings, such as it being unintuitive, are merely aesthetic, quantum …

A strong no-go theorem on the Wigner's friend paradox

KW Bong, A Utreras-Alarcón, F Ghafari, YC Liang… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Does quantum theory apply at all scales, including that of observers? New light on this
fundamental question has recently been shed through a resurgence of interest in the long …

An introduction to QBism with an application to the locality of quantum mechanics

CA Fuchs, ND Mermin, R Schack - American Journal of Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We give an introduction to the QBist interpretation of quantum mechanics, which removes
the paradoxes, conundra, and pseudo-problems that have plagued quantum foundations for …