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No-signaling condition and quantum dynamics
1Centre for Quantum Computation, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom. Christoph.Simon@qubit.org
Abstract:
We show that the basic dynamical rules of quantum physics can be derived from its static properties and the condition that superluminal communication is forbidden. More precisely, the fact that the dynamics has to be described by linear completely positive maps on density matrices is derived from the following assumptions: (1) physical states are described by rays in a Hilbert space, (2) probabilities for measurement outcomes at any given time are calculated according to the usual trace rule, and (3) superluminal communication is excluded. This result also constrains possible nonlinear modifications of quantum physics.