{
  "id": "1411.2723",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2014-11-11T08:14:31.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-11-11T08:14:31.000Z",
  "title": "Conservation of information and the foundations of quantum mechanics",
  "authors": [
    "G. Chiribella",
    "C. M. Scandolo"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages, contribution to the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, July 28-August 6 2014, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolymbari, Crete",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.hist-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We review a recent approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics inspired by quantum information theory. The approach is based on a general framework, which allows one to address a large class of physical theories which share basic information-theoretic features. We first illustrate two very primitive features, expressed by the axioms of causality and purity-preservation, which are satisfied by both classical and quantum theory. We then discuss the axiom of purification, which expresses a strong version of the Conservation of Information and captures the core of a vast number of protocols in quantum information. Purification is a highly non-classical feature and leads directly to the emergence of entanglement at the purely conceptual level, without any reference to the superposition principle. Supplemented by a few additional requirements, satisfied by classical and quantum theory, it provides a complete axiomatic characterization of quantum theory for finite dimensional systems.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-11-11T08:14:31.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum mechanics",
      "quantum theory",
      "conservation",
      "foundations",
      "share basic information-theoretic features"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1051/epjconf/20159503003"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1327765,
      "adsabs": "2015EPJWC..9503003C"
    }
  }
}