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State-independent quantum contextuality for continuous variables

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
 [1];  [2]
  1. Instituto Carlos I de Fisica Teorica y Computacional and Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada (Spain)
  2. Departamento de Fisica Aplicada II, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Sevilla (Spain)
Recent experiments have shown that nature violates noncontextual inequalities regardless of the state of the physical system. So far, all these inequalities involve measurements of dichotomic observables. We show that state-independent quantum contextuality can also be observed in the correlations between measurements of observables with genuinely continuous spectra, highlighting the universal character of the effect.
OSTI ID:
21448441
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 82; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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