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## Levitated electromechanics: all-electrical cooling of charged nano- and micro-particles. (arXiv:1802.05928v3 [quant-ph] UPDATED)

We show how charged levitated nano- and micro-particles can be cooled by
interfacing them with an $RLC$ circuit. All-electrical levitation and cooling
is applicable to a wide range of particle sizes and materials, and will enable
state-of-the-art force sensing within an electrically networked system.
Exploring the cooling limits in the presence of realistic noise we find that
the quantum regime of particle motion can be reached in cryogenic environments
both for passive resistive cooling and for an active feedback scheme, paving

## Limits on correlations in networks for quantum and no-signaling resources. (arXiv:1901.08287v1 [quant-ph])

A quantum network consists of independent sources distributing entangled
states to distant nodes which can then perform entangled measurements, thus
establishing correlations across the entire network. But how strong can these
correlations be? Here we address this question, by deriving bounds on possible
quantum correlations in a given network. These bounds are nonlinear
inequalities that depend only on the topology of the network. We discuss in
detail the notably challenging case of the triangle network. Moreover, we

## Quantum computation is the unique reversible circuit model for which bits are balls. (arXiv:1804.05736v2 [quant-ph] UPDATED)

The computational efficiency of quantum mechanics can be defined in terms of
the qubit circuit model, which is characterized by a few simple properties:
each computational gate is a reversible transformation in a connected matrix
group; single wires carry quantum bits, i.e. states of a three-dimensional
Bloch ball; states on two or more wires are uniquely determined by local
measurement statistics and their correlations. In this paper, we ask whether
other types of computation are possible if we relax one of those

## Quantum States of a Time-Asymmetric Universe: Wave Function, Density Matrix, and Empirical Equivalence. (arXiv:1901.08053v1 [quant-ph])

What is the quantum state of the universe? Although there have been several
interesting suggestions, the question remains open. In this paper, I consider a
natural choice for the universal quantum state arising from the Past
Hypothesis, a boundary condition that accounts for the time-asymmetry of the
universe. The natural choice is given not by a wave function (representing a
pure state) but by a density matrix (representing a mixed state).

## Experimental measurement-device-independent quantification of quantum steering. (arXiv:1901.08298v1 [quant-ph])

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering is operationally defined as an entanglement
verification task between two parties when one of their measurement devices is
untrusted. Recent progress shows that the trustness of the other device can
even be removed by preparing a set of tomographically complete quantum states
along with it, in which the scheme is dubbed a measurement-device-independent
(MDI) scenario. A benefit of the MDI scheme is that the original trusted
measurement device does not need to perform quantum state tomography to

## All macroscopic quantum states are fragile and hard to prepare. (arXiv:1805.09868v2 [quant-ph] UPDATED)

We study the effect of local decoherence on arbitrary quantum states.
Adapting techniques developed in quantum metrology, we show that the action of
generic local noise processes -- though arbitrarily small -- always yields a
state whose Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) with respect to local observables
is linear in system size N, independent of the initial state. This implies that
all macroscopic quantum states, which are characterized by a QFI that is

## Information-theoretic foundations of thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories. (arXiv:1901.08054v1 [quant-ph])

We study the informational underpinnings of thermodynamics and statistical
mechanics, using an abstract framework, general probabilistic theories, capable
of describing arbitrary physical theories. This allows one to abstract the
informational content of a theory from the concrete details of its formalism.
In this framework, we extend the treatment of microcanonical thermodynamics,
namely the thermodynamics of systems with a well-defined energy, beyond the
known cases of classical and quantum theory, formulating two necessary

## Transport Signatures of a Majorana Qubit and Read-out-induced Dephasing. (arXiv:1901.08312v1 [quant-ph])

Motivated by recent proposals of Majorana qubits and the read-out of their
quantum state we investigate a qubit setup formed by two parallel topological
wires shunted by a superconducting bridge. The wires are further coupled to two
quantum dots, which are also linked directly, thus creating an interference
loop. The transport current through this system shows an interference pattern
which distinguishes two basis states of the qubit in a QND measurement. We
analyze various properties of the interference current and the read-out

## Relaxed Bell Inequalities with Arbitrary Measurement Dependence for Each Observer. (arXiv:1809.01307v2 [quant-ph] UPDATED)

Bell's inequality was originally derived under the assumption that
experimenters are free to select detector settings independently of any local
"hidden variables" that might affect the outcomes of measurements on entangled
particles. This assumption has come to be known as "measurement independence"
(also referred to as "freedom of choice" or "settings independence"). For a
two-setting, two-outcome Bell test, we derive modified Bell inequalities that
relax measurement independence, for either or both observers, while remaining

## Parallelized quantum error correction with fracton topological codes. (arXiv:1901.08061v1 [quant-ph])

Fracton topological phases possess a large number of emergent symmetries that
enforce a rigid structure on their excitations. Remarkably, we find that the
symmetries of a quantum error-correcting code based on a fracton phase enable
us to design highly parallelized decoding algorithms. Here we design and
implement decoding algorithms for the three-dimensional X-cube model where
decoding is subdivided into a series of two-dimensional matching problems, thus