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Breaking local quantum speed limits with steering

Federico Centrone*

Manuel Gessner†

  • *Contact author: federico.centrone@icfo.eu.
  • †Contact author: manuel.gessner@uv.es
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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L042067 – Published 24 December, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042067

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We show how quantum correlations allow us to break the local speed limits of physical processes using only local measurements and classical communication between two parties that share an entangled state. Inequalities that bound the minimal time of evolution of a quantum state by energy fluctuations can be violated in the presence of steering by conditioning on the measurement outcomes of a remote system. Our results open up pathways for studying how quantum correlations influence the dynamical properties of states and observables.

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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L042067– Published 24 December, 2024
  • Received 3 April 2024
  • Accepted 12 November 2024
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