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 …

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 …

Generalized dynamical theories in phase space and the hydrogen atom

M Plávala, M Kleinmann - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We show that the phase-space formulation of general probabilistic theories can be extended
to include a generalized time evolution and that it can describe a nonquantum hydrogenlike …

A no-go theorem for theories that decohere to quantum mechanics

CM Lee, JH Selby - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
To date, there has been no experimental evidence that invalidates quantum theory. Yet it
may only be an effective description of the world, in the same way that classical physics is an …

Decomposing all multipartite non-signalling channels via quasiprobabilistic mixtures of local channels in generalised probabilistic theories

PJ Cavalcanti, JH Selby, J Sikora… - Journal of Physics A …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-signalling quantum channels—relevant in, eg, the study of Bell and Einstein–Podolsky–
Rosen scenarios—may be decomposed as an affine combinations of local operations in …

Post-quantum steering is a stronger-than-quantum resource for information processing

PJ Cavalcanti, JH Selby, J Sikora, TD Galley… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
We present the first instance where post-quantum steering is a stronger-than-quantum
resource for information processing–remote state preparation. In addition, we show that the …

Impossibility of coin flipping in generalized probabilistic theories via discretizations of semi-infinite programs

J Sikora, JH Selby - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Coin flipping is a fundamental cryptographic task where spatially separated Alice and Bob
wish to generate a fair coin flip over a communication channel. It is known that ideal coin …

Correlations constrained by composite measurements

JH Selby, AB Sainz, V Magron, Ł Czekaj… - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
How to understand the set of correlations admissible in nature is one outstanding open
problem in the core of the foundations of quantum theory. Here we take a complementary …

How dynamics constrains probabilities in general probabilistic theories

TD Galley, L Masanes - Quantum, 2021 - quantum-journal.org
We introduce a general framework for analysing general probabilistic theories, which
emphasises the distinction between the dynamical and probabilistic structures of a system …