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arxiv: 0811.1209 · v2 · submitted 2008-11-07 · 🪐 quant-ph

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Localized closed timelike curves can perfectly distinguish quantum states

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keywords closedcurvestimelikequantumaccessdistinguishpartyperfectly
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We show that qubits traveling along closed timelike curves are a resource that a party can exploit to distinguish perfectly any set of quantum states. As a result, an adversary with access to closed timelike curves can break any prepare-and-measure quantum key distribution protocol. Our result also implies that a party with access to closed timelike curves can violate the Holevo bound.

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