Nonlinear quantum evolution does not imply supraluminal communication

M. Ferrero, D. Salgado, and J. L. Sánchez-Gómez
Phys. Rev. A 70, 014101 – Published 7 July 2004

Abstract

We build up simple models of quantum evolution showing that nonlinearity does not necessarily imply either the possibility of faster-than-light communications or the violation of the second law of thermodynamics. We offer counterexamples proving that conditions of no supraluminal communication considered in the literature as necessary and sufficient are actually only necessary. We formulate conditions and show that this preclusion only entails the linearity of reduced dynamics, thus reopening the possibility to unexplored nonlinear joint evolutions. We make constant use of the Bloch representation of finite-dimensional quantum systems to express our results.

  • Received 16 December 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.70.014101

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. Ferrero*

  • Departamento de Física, Universidad de Oviedo, 33007 Oviedo, Spain

D. Salgado and J. L. Sánchez-Gómez

  • Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

  • *Electronic address: ferrero@pinon.ccu.uniovi.es
  • Electronic address: david.salgado@uam.es
  • Electronic address: jl.sanchezgomez@uam.es

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Vol. 70, Iss. 1 — July 2004

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