Topics in Quantum Foundations: Ontological Models, and Distinguishability as a Resource

This thesis covers research in two disjoint research areas: The ontological model program (formerly hidden-variables program) for quantum theory has a long and noble tradition in the quantum foundations literature. By postulating a physical reality beyond the quantum state, we gain intuition on qu...

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Main Author: Morris, Ryan
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4583