Why is quantum theory complex?
Philip Goyal State University of New York (SUNY)
Quantum foundations concerns the conceptual and mathematical underpinnings of quantum theory. In particular, we search for novel quantum effects, consider how to interpret the formalism, ask where the formalism comes from, and how we might modify it. Research at Perimeter Institute is particularly concerned with reconstructing quantum theory from more natural postulates and reformulating the theory in ways that elucidate its conceptual structure. Research in the foundations of quantum theory naturally interfaces with research in quantum information and quantum gravity.
Philip Goyal State University of New York (SUNY)
Vincent Lam University of Queensland
Tim Ralph University of Queensland
Owen Maroney University of Oxford
Joan Vaccaro Griffith University
Robert Spekkens Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics