Speaker
José Polo-Gómez
(University of Waterloo)
Description
In this talk, we define and characterize localized causal operations in a real scalar quantum field theory, and we will show that these operations exactly correspond to those satisfying various equivalent no-signalling conditions proposed in previous works. The simplicity of this characterization allows us to define a faithful quantifier of how much a map enables faster-than-light signalling in a given field state. Finally, we will apply our results to revisit relevant examples, providing straightforward proofs of their causal (or acausal) behaviour.
Primary author
José Polo-Gómez
(University of Waterloo)