International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies, University of Gdansk
Composition of local observables in quantum field theory: Towards a consistent measurement theory
Relativistic quantum information is the attempt to formulate quantum information protocols for quantum field theory. An important prerequisite to achieve this is a consistent theory of measurements in quantum field theory which we still lack. The standard treatment is based on the S-matrix paradigm which is restrictive in many ways as for instance that it can describe consistently only single time measurements. However, to formulate a complete theory of measurements we need to be able to describe sequential in time measurements or moregenerally the composition of local spacetime measurements. This can be achieved in a local and covariant framework of quantum field theory inspired by histories-based frameworks. In this talk, I describe some steps towards a local and compositional theory of measurements and I shortly discuss how this formalism can generalise the S-matrix paradigm.