Cyclic quantum causal models

While unusual processes allowing indefinite causal order are gaining attention in quantum physics, formalisms describing definite causal structures have so far been limited to acyclic ones. Here the authors extend to the cyclic case, offering a causal perspective on causally indefinite processes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jonathan Barrett, Robin Lorenz, Ognyan Oreshkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20456-x