par Maruyama, Koji ;Brukner, Časlav C.;Vedral, Vlatko
Référence Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 38, 32, page (7175-7181)
Publication Publié, 2005-08
Référence Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 38, 32, page (7175-7181)
Publication Publié, 2005-08
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | Thermodynamics is a macroscopic physical theory whose two very general laws are independent of any underlying dynamical laws and structures. Nevertheless, its generality enables us to understand a broad spectrum of phenomena in physics, information science and biology. Does thermodynamics then imply any results in quantum information theory? Taking accessible information in a system as an example, we show that thermodynamics implies a weaker bound on it than the quantum mechanical one (the Holevo bound). In other words, if any post-quantum physics should allow more information storage it could still be under the umbrella of thermodynamics. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd. |