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Robert W. Spekkens, Ph.D. - Publications

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2001 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 
Area:
quantum aspects of the interaction of light with matter
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2023 Selby JH, Schmid D, Wolfe E, Sainz AB, Kunjwal R, Spekkens RW. Contextuality without Incompatibility. Physical Review Letters. 130: 230201. PMID 37354422 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.230201  0.405
2022 Catani L, Leifer M, Scala G, Schmid D, Spekkens RW. What is Nonclassical about Uncertainty Relations? Physical Review Letters. 129: 240401. PMID 36563276 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.240401  0.468
2020 Wolfe E, Schmid D, Sainz AB, Kunjwal R, Spekkens RW. Quantifying Bell: the Resource Theory of Nonclassicality of Common-Cause Boxes Quantum. 4: 280. DOI: 10.22331/Q-2020-06-08-280  0.381
2019 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. No-Broadcasting Theorem for Quantum Asymmetry and Coherence and a Trade-off Relation for Approximate Broadcasting. Physical Review Letters. 123: 020404. PMID 31386546 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.123.020404  0.586
2019 Wolfe E, Spekkens RW, Fritz T. The Inflation Technique for Causal Inference with Latent Variables Journal of Causal Inference. 7. DOI: 10.1515/Jci-2017-0020  0.388
2019 Schmid D, Ried K, Spekkens RW. Why initial system-environment correlations do not imply the failure of complete positivity: A causal perspective Physical Review A. 100. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.100.022112  0.345
2018 Schmid D, Spekkens RW. Contextual Advantage for State Discrimination Physical Review X. 8. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevx.8.011015  0.609
2018 Schmid D, Spekkens RW, Wolfe E. All the noncontextuality inequalities for arbitrary prepare-and-measure experiments with respect to any fixed set of operational equivalences Physical Review A. 97. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.97.062103  0.35
2018 Kunjwal R, Spekkens RW. From statistical proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem to noise-robust noncontextuality inequalities Physical Review A. 97. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.97.052110  0.541
2017 Horsman D, Heunen C, Pusey MF, Barrett J, Spekkens RW. Can a quantum state over time resemble a quantum state at a single time? Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences. 473: 20170395. PMID 28989317 DOI: 10.1098/Rspa.2017.0395  0.521
2017 MacLean JW, Ried K, Spekkens RW, Resch KJ. Quantum-coherent mixtures of causal relations. Nature Communications. 8: 15149. PMID 28485394 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms15149  0.576
2017 Lee CM, Spekkens RW. Causal Inference via Algebraic Geometry: Feasibility Tests for Functional Causal Structures with Two Binary Observed Variables Journal of Causal Inference. 5. DOI: 10.1515/Jci-2016-0013  0.396
2017 Allen JA, Barrett J, Horsman DC, Lee CM, Spekkens RW. Quantum Common Causes and Quantum Causal Models Physical Review X. 7. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevx.7.031021  0.569
2017 Ried K, MacLean JW, Spekkens RW, Resch KJ. Quantum to classical transitions in causal relations Physical Review A. 95. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.95.062102  0.55
2017 Krishna A, Spekkens RW, Wolfe E. Deriving robust noncontextuality inequalities from algebraic proofs of the Kochen–Specker theorem: the Peres–Mermin square New Journal of Physics. 19: 123031. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/Aa9168  0.486
2017 Penney MD, Koh DE, Spekkens RW. Quantum circuit dynamics via path integrals: Is there a classical action for discrete-time paths? New Journal of Physics. 19: 073006. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/Aa61Ba  0.469
2016 Mazurek MD, Pusey MF, Kunjwal R, Resch KJ, Spekkens RW. An experimental test of noncontextuality without unphysical idealizations. Nature Communications. 7: ncomms11780. PMID 27292369 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms11780  0.364
2016 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. How to quantify coherence: Distinguishing speakable and unspeakable notions Physical Review A. 94. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.94.052324  0.53
2016 Marvian I, Spekkens RW, Zanardi P. Quantum speed limits, coherence, and asymmetry Physical Review A. 93. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.93.052331  0.544
2015 Kunjwal R, Spekkens RW. From the Kochen-Specker theorem to noncontextuality inequalities without assuming determinism. Physical Review Letters. 115: 110403. PMID 26406812 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.115.110403  0.555
2015 Wood CJ, Spekkens RW. The lesson of causal discovery algorithms for quantum correlations: Causal explanations of Bell-inequality violations require fine-tuning New Journal of Physics. 17. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/3/033002  0.444
2015 Ried K, Agnew M, Vermeyden L, Janzing D, Spekkens RW, Resch KJ. A quantum advantage for inferring causal structure Nature Physics. 11: 414-420. DOI: 10.1038/Nphys3266  0.52
2015 Gour G, Müller MP, Narasimhachar V, Spekkens RW, Yunger Halpern N. The resource theory of informational nonequilibrium in thermodynamics Physics Reports. 583: 1-58. DOI: 10.1016/J.Physrep.2015.04.003  0.521
2015 Chiribella G, Spekkens RW. Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils Springer Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7303-4  0.564
2014 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. Extending Noether's theorem by quantifying the asymmetry of quantum states. Nature Communications. 5: 3821. PMID 24819237 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms4821  0.611
2014 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. Modes of asymmetry: The application of harmonic analysis to symmetric quantum dynamics and quantum reference frames Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 90. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.90.062110  0.557
2014 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. Asymmetry properties of pure quantum states Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 90. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.90.014102  0.412
2014 Leifer MS, Spekkens RW. A Bayesian approach to compatibility, improvement, and pooling of quantum states Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical. DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/47/27/275301  0.585
2014 Coecke B, Fritz T, Spekkens RW. A mathematical theory of resources Information and Computation. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ic.2016.02.008  0.403
2014 Spekkens RW. The Status of Determinism in Proofs of the Impossibility of a Noncontextual Model of Quantum Theory Foundations of Physics. 44: 1125-1155. DOI: 10.1007/S10701-014-9833-X  0.494
2014 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. A Generalization of Schur-Weyl Duality with Applications in Quantum Estimation Communications in Mathematical Physics. 331: 431-475. DOI: 10.1007/S00220-014-2059-0  0.542
2013 Brandão FG, Horodecki M, Oppenheim J, Renes JM, Spekkens RW. Resource theory of quantum states out of thermal equilibrium. Physical Review Letters. 111: 250404. PMID 24483734 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.111.250404  0.506
2013 Leifer MS, Spekkens RW. Towards a formulation of quantum theory as a causally neutral theory of Bayesian inference Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 88. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.88.052130  0.608
2013 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. The theory of manipulations of pure state asymmetry: I. Basic tools, equivalence classes and single copy transformations New Journal of Physics. 15. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033001  0.415
2013 Marvian I, Spekkens RW. Applying a generalization of Schur-Weyl duality to problems in quantum information and estimation Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 7582: 141-152. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35656-8_12  0.461
2012 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Reconstruction of Gaussian quantum mechanics from liouville mechanics with an epistemic restriction Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 86. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.86.012103  0.603
2012 Coecke B, Spekkens RW. Picturing classical and quantum Bayesian inference Synthese. 186: 651-696. DOI: 10.1007/S11229-011-9917-5  0.532
2011 Liang YC, Spekkens RW, Wiseman HM. Specker's parable of the overprotective seer: A road to contextuality, nonlocality and complementarity Physics Reports. 506: 1-39. DOI: 10.1016/J.Physrep.2011.05.001  0.57
2011 Coecke B, Edwards B, Spekkens RW. Phase groups and the origin of non-locality for qubits Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 270: 15-36. DOI: 10.1016/J.Entcs.2011.01.021  0.417
2010 Barnum H, Barrett J, Clark LO, Leifer M, Spekkens R, Stepanik N, Wiice A, Wiike R. Entropy and information causality in general probabilistic theories New Journal of Physics. 12. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/3/033024  0.48
2010 Harrigan N, Spekkens RW. Einstein, incompleteness, and the epistemic view of quantum states Foundations of Physics. 40: 125-157. DOI: 10.1007/S10701-009-9347-0  0.609
2009 Spekkens RW, Buzacott DH, Keehn AJ, Toner B, Pryde GJ. Preparation contextuality powers parity-oblivious multiplexing. Physical Review Letters. 102: 010401. PMID 19257170 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.102.010401  0.57
2009 Gour G, Marvian I, Spekkens RW. Measuring the quality of a quantum reference frame: The relative entropy of frameness Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 80. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.80.012307  0.523
2009 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW, Turner PS. Quantum communication using a bounded-size quantum reference frame New Journal of Physics. 11. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/6/063013  0.55
2008 Spekkens RW. Negativity and contextuality are equivalent notions of nonclassicality. Physical Review Letters. 101: 020401. PMID 18764163 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.101.020401  0.579
2008 Kretschmann D, Kribs DW, Spekkens RW. Complementarity of private and correctable subsystems in quantum cryptography and error correction Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 78. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.78.032330  0.517
2008 Gour G, Spekkens RW. The resource theory of quantum reference frames: Manipulations and monotones New Journal of Physics. 10. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/3/033023  0.586
2007 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Reference frames, superselection rules, and quantum information Reviews of Modern Physics. 79: 555-609. DOI: 10.1103/Revmodphys.79.555  0.533
2007 Spekkens RW, Wiseman HM. Pooling quantum states obtained by indirect measurements Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 75. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.75.042104  0.449
2007 Spekkens RW. Evidence for the epistemic view of quantum states: A toy theory Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 75. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.75.032110  0.553
2006 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Dialogue concerning two views on quantum coherence: Factist and fictionist International Journal of Quantum Information. 4: 17-43. DOI: 10.1142/S0219749906001591  0.597
2006 Dowling MR, Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Observing a coherent superposition of an atom and a molecule Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 74. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.74.052113  0.384
2006 Kribs DW, Spekkens RW. Quantum error-correcting subsystems are unitarily recoverable subsystems Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 74. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.74.042329  0.355
2006 Gour G, Spekkens RW. Entanglement of assistance is not a bipartite measure nor a tripartite monotone Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 73. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.73.062331  0.49
2006 Bartlett SD, Doherty AC, Spekkens RW, Wiseman HM. Entanglement under restricted operations: Analogy to mixed-state entanglement Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 73. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.73.022311  0.525
2006 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW, Turner PS. Degradation of a quantum reference frame New Journal of Physics. 8. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/4/058  0.498
2005 Leifer MS, Spekkens RW. Pre- and post-selection paradoxes and contextuality in quantum mechanics. Physical Review Letters. 95: 200405. PMID 16384041 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.95.200405  0.498
2005 Bartlett SD, Wiseman HDM, Spekkens RW, Doherty AC. Mixed-state entanglement in the light of pure-state entanglement constrained by superselection rules International Journal of Quantum Information. 3: 145-153. DOI: 10.1142/9789812701633_0014  0.53
2005 Bartlett SD, Hayden P, Spekkens RW. Random subspaces for encryption based on a private shared Cartesian frame Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 72. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.72.052329  0.549
2005 Spekkens RW. Contextuality for preparations, transformations, and unsharp measurements Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 71. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.71.052108  0.528
2005 Leifer MS, Spekkens RW. Logical pre- And post-selection paradoxes, measurement-disturbance contextuality International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 44: 1977-1987. DOI: 10.1007/S10773-005-8975-1  0.52
2004 Boileau JC, Gottesman D, Laflamme R, Poulin D, Spekkens RW. Robust polarization-based quantum key distribution over a collective-noise channel. Physical Review Letters. 92: 017901. PMID 14754020 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.92.017901  0.49
2004 Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Quantum state targeting Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 70: 052306-1-052306-15. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.70.052306  0.521
2004 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Optimal measurements for relative quantum information Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 70: 032321-1-032321-5. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.70.032321  0.491
2004 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Decoherence-full subsystems and the cryptographic power of a private shared reference frame Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 70: 032307-1-032307-12. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.70.032307  0.459
2003 Bartlett SD, Rudolph T, Spekkens RW. Classical and quantum communication without a shared reference frame. Physical Review Letters. 91: 027901. PMID 12906508 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.91.027901  0.494
2003 Rudolph T, Spekkens RW, Turner PS. Unambiguous discrimination of mixed states Physical Review a - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 68: 010301/1-010301/4. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.68.010301  0.383
2002 Spekkens RW, Rudolph T. Quantum protocol for cheat-sensitive weak coin flipping. Physical Review Letters. 89: 227901. PMID 12485105 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.89.227901  0.467
2002 Spekkens RW, Rudolph T. Degrees of concealment and bindingness in quantum bit commitment protocols Physical Review a. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 65: 123101-1231010. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.65.012310  0.434
2002 Spekkens RW, Rudolph T. Quantum protocol for cheat-sensitive weak coin flipping Physical Review Letters. 89: 2279011-2279014.  0.381
2002 Spekkens RW, Rudolph T. Optimization of coherent attacks in generalizations of the BB84 quantum bit commitment protocol Quantum Information and Computation. 2: 66-96.  0.428
2001 Spekkens RW, Sipe JE. Non-orthogonal core projectors for modal interpretations of quantum mechanics Foundations of Physics. 31: 1403-1430. DOI: 10.1023/A:1012630512689  0.571
2001 Spekkens RW, Sipe JE. A modal interpretation of quantum mechanics based on a principle of entropy minimization Foundations of Physics. 31: 1431-1464. DOI: 10.1023/A:1012630429527  0.445
1999 Spekkens RW, Sipe JE. Spatial fragmentation of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential Physical Review A. 59: 3868-3877. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.59.3868  0.46
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