INVITATION TO THE

VCQ COLLOQUIUM TALK

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Due to the current Covid-19-situation  this colloquium-talk will be held online via ZOOM:
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/96023892302?pwd=U00zRHROQmwycjRPemwyQXY0QUt2UT09

The Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ)
invites you to a

COLLOQUIUM TALK
by

Miguel Navascués

(Austrian Academy of Sciences, IQOQI Vienna)

The world is not real

Although most theories of physics are based on real numbers, quantum theory was the first to be formulated in terms of operators acting on complex Hilbert spaces. This has puzzled countless physicists, including the fathers of the theory, for whom a real version of quantum theory, with real operators and states, seemed much more natural. In fact, previous works showed that such a "real quantum theory" can reproduce the outcomes of any multipartite experiment, as long as the parts share arbitrary real quantum states. In this talk I will show that real and complex quantum theory make different predictions in network scenarios comprising independent states and measurements. This allows us to devise a Bell-like experiment whose successful realization would disprove real quantum theory, just as standard Bell experiments disproved classical physics. 

Monday, 6th December 2021, 17:30

ONLINE via ZOOM

Host: Marcus Huber

for further information and the zoom-link please visit vcq.quantum.at/colloquium-ws21-22